Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Abfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stokenchurch

Historical Forms

Abbefeld 1196 FF(P) 1105 Abingd 1225

Ebbefeld c.1200 Abingd

Abefeldia 1239 Bract

Abbeweld c.1240 Mert

Etymology

OE Æbban -feld , 'Æbba's open country,' v. feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Stokenchurch