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.

Vention

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • a place called the new invention 1669 Comm

Etymology

, a place called the new invention 1669Comm , probably an allusion to some new piece of equipment in the mineral industry of the Forest .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement