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.

Trent

Major Settlement in the Parish of Trent

Historical Forms

  • Trente 1086 DB 1225 DEPN 1234 Pat 1249 FF 1265 Misc 1275 Ipm 1285 FA 1409 Cl
  • Trenta 1086 Exon 1163 P
  • Trent 1575 Saxton

Etymology

Originally the name of the stream here, a tributary of the R. Yeo now called Trent Brook, v. RNs.infra . For this British r.n., identical with Tarrant, v. Ekwall RN 415 ff., Jackson 257, 503.