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.

The Fens

Other OS name in the Parish of Down Ampney

Historical Forms

  • Fenns Farm 1830 M
  • further Fenn, hither Fenn 1843 TA

Etymology

, Fenns Farm 1830 M, further Fenn ,hither Fenn 1843TA , v. fenn ' marshland ' .