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Subject: Re: origin of Pennington?
Author: Daividh   (guest, 209.209.183.224)
Date: January 20, 2002 at 6:13:44 PM
Reply to: origin of Pennington? by Lewis Pennington Scott V
It's originally one of two or more English placenames meaning "farmstead paying a penny rent" (Old English pening+tun).

- Da.

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