Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the fenn lane 1609 DuLaMB

• the fenne gate 1577 Terrier

• fengate 1638 Terrier

• Fenn gate 1664 Terrier

• ye fenngate 1671 Terrier

• the Fen Road 1864 Terrier

Etymology

, the fenn lane 1609DuLaMB , the fenne gate 1577Terrier , fengate 1638Terrier , Fenn gate 1664Terrier , y e fenngate 1671Terrier , the Fen Road 1864Terrier , cf. Thoresby Fenn Drayne 1710Foster , Thoresby Fen 1824 O and South fenne 1451–53, 1475–77, 1496–98, 1523–24MinAcct , 1557–58 Lanc , Long South Fen 1839TA ; ' the lane to the fen ' , v. fenn , lanu , gata .