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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pidley cum Fenton

Historical Forms

Fentun 1236 FF

Fenton 1279 RH

Etymology

'Fen-farm' v. fenn , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site