The story
- Old English · derived fromsċenċ“drinking cup”
- English todayShenton
From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shenton
Today it means: A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800). Full definition →
Old English sċenċ