Fenton

F4E1N1T1O1N1
/ˈfɛn.tən/

proper noun

A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper nounFenton (countable and uncountable, plural Fentons)

plural Fentons · alternative Finton

  1. A place in England:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).
    2. countableuncountableA village in Hayton parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY501560).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (without a council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK880509).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK844767).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Doddington parish, Northumberland, divided into East and West Fenton (OS grid ref NT9733).
    6. countableuncountableA hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK792248).
    7. countableuncountableA town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ897446).
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
    2. countableuncountableA city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
    4. countableuncountableA village in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
    5. countableuncountableA city and township in Genesee County, Michigan.
    6. countableuncountableA township in Murray County, Minnesota.
    7. countableuncountableA small city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
    8. countableuncountableA town in Broome County, New York.
  3. countableuncountableA community south-east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  4. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishfenn“fen, marsh”
  2. Middle EnglishFenton
  3. EnglishFenton

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

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APA

Fenton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fenton

MLA

“Fenton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fenton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fenton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fenton.

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