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The area around Boston (UK) is filled with wetland/marshes that are called fens. when the settlers from that area (the winthrops, say) came to US, they used the same word for the marshy areas around Boston (US).. a large part of the Fens were filled in (as they leveled some of the hills of Boston, in a 1800's plan to improve the city) and the area became a park with a small stream running through it.. 'Fenway Park' which is where they later build a baseball stadium.. of the same name.
(but that info is a YART)- it came up in one of the baseball (ick!) threads last summer or the summer before.
Fen is a norse word, brought to england with the norsemen.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted fen wwh 06/20/03 04:51 PM Re: fen of troy 06/20/03 05:25 PM Re: fen wwh 06/20/03 07:18 PM Re: fen maahey 06/22/03 12:14 PM Just in case wofahulicodoc 07/05/03 07:11 PM Re: fen Bingley 07/05/03 11:31 PM
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