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.

Venton

Other OS name in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Fenton 1249 Ass

Etymology

is Fenton 1249Ass . ' Farm in the marshy spot , ' a. fenn , tun .