... Thomas Slade, was a blacksmith and farrier with forges at Boreham and Norton Bavant. Among his work which still survives are the wrought iron railings around the grounds of Bishopstrow House (now Bishopstrow House Hotel). ...
"The name 'Sutton' means the south farm (Norton Bavant was the north). 'Fenny' means marshy but the suffix may come not from the marshy nature of the northern part of the parish but from some unknown Norman family name." ...
