English Explanatory Dictionary

Shenton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Shenton Shentons

Etymology

From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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