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Shenton

Shenton proper noun: a hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).

Proper noun

Shenton (countable and uncountable, plural Shentons)

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

Forms of Shenton

pluralShentons

Origin of Shenton

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

Questions about Shenton

What does Shenton mean?
Shenton means a hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).
What part of speech is Shenton?
Shenton is a proper noun.

Words near Shenton in the dictionary

  1. Shenstone
  2. Shenstonian
  3. shent
  4. shentleman
  5. shentlemen
  6. Shenton
  7. Shentons
  8. Shenxi
  9. Shenya
  10. Shenyang
  11. shenyi

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