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.

Venn Ho and Trevenn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lamerton

Historical Forms

  • Fenn 1488 Rental
  • Treven 1586,1670 Deed

Etymology

v. fenn . These places are near together by the Lumburn stream and the names are probably identical, tre representing ME  atter as in Tredown supra 146.