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.

Feniton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Feniton

Historical Forms

  • Finatona 1086 DB
  • Finetuna 1185 Buckland 1476 IpmR
  • Vinetone 1309 Exon
  • Vyneton Malherbe 1333 Cl
  • Feneton 1169 P 1311 Ass
  • Venyton 1585 Recov 1637 Wills
  • Fynyngtone 1454 Exon
  • Fenyngton 1543 SR

Etymology

'Farm by Vine Water' supra 15. Willelmus Male Erbe held the manor in 1242.

Places in the same Parish