Shenton

name

Definitions

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

Etymology

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

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