Fen Ditton
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Fen Ditton means 'the village of Ditton by the fen'. It combines the Old English word 'fen' (marshy ground) with the name Ditton, which itself means 'the farmstead on the dyke'.
Word origins
- Fen
- Old Englishmarshy ground(from fen "marshy ground")
- Ditton
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead on the dyke(from dīc "dyke", tūn "farmstead, village")
Historical forms
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