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.

Fenton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hayton

Historical Forms

  • Fenton c.1200 Laner
  • juxta merescum c.1245 ib
  • parua 1292 Ass
  • in Gillesland 1304 FF
  • Magna 1352 Ass
  • Fanton' 1244 Fees

Etymology

'tūnin the marsh,' v. fenn .