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.

Fenacre Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burlescombe

Historical Forms

  • Vennacre 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Wennacre
  • Fenacre 1242 Fees780

Etymology

'Marshy piece of cultivated land,' v. fenn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement