English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Venton

Other OS name in the Parish of Highampton

Historical Forms

  • Fenton(e) 1314 Ch 1330 SR

Etymology

is Fenton (e )1314 Ch, 1330SR (p) . ' Marsh farm , ' v. fenn , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement