Fenton (EN) / Fenten (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Lanivet
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

fenten

Meaning: 
spring, well, source
Elements notes: 
<fenten> 'spring, well'
Historic forms: 
Fenton juxta Trebel 1340 (Gover, 1948) Nicholas Fenton of Fenton 1428 (N.A. – C241/222/5) Fenton Pits 1836-1850 (N.A. – X 793/198) Venton Pitts 1939 (TA 1939) Fenton 1839 (TA 1839) Little Fenton 1839 (TA 1839) Fenton 1841-91 [the farm] (Census) Fenton Pitts 1841-61 (Census) Little Fenton 1851 (Census 1851) Fenton Pitts 1851 (Census 1851) Fenton 1888 (OS 1888) Fentonpits 1888 (OS 1888) Fentonpits (Gover, 1948) Fenton 2014 (OS 2014)