English Explanatory Dictionary

Fenton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).
  3. A village in Hayton parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY501560).
  4. A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK880509).
  5. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK844767).
  6. A hamlet in Doddington parish, Northumberland, divided into East and West Fenton (OS grid ref NT9733).
  7. A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK792248).
  8. A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ897446).
  9. A place in the United States:
  10. A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
  11. A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
  12. An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɛn.tən/

Word forms

Fenton Fentons Finton

Etymology

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Church Fenton Fenton's reagent Pidley cum Fenton
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