Fenton Pits (EN) / Pyttow Fenten (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Lanivet
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

fenten

Meaning: 
spring, well, source

pyttow

Meaning: 
pits
Elements notes: 
<fenten> 'spring, well' + <pyttow> 'pits'
Historic forms: 
Fenton Pits 1836-1850 (N.A. – X 793/198) Venton Pitts 1939 (TA 1939) Fenton Pitts 1841-61 (Census) Fenton Pitts 1851 (Census 1851) Fentonpits 1888 (OS 1888) Fentonpits (Gover, 1948) Fenton Pits 2014 (OS 2014)