English Place-name Society

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.

Fairfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Fairfield

Historical Forms

  • Feir(e)feld, Feyr(e)feld, Feyr(e)felt 1223 ClR 1272 LichChart 1278 Ipm 1348 DbAxxxvi 1584 Lanc
  • Fair(e)feld, Fayr(e)feld, Fayr(e)feud 1223 ClR 1229 Cl 1230 P
  • Faierfeld' 1230 ChancR
  • Faerfeld 1284 Cl
  • Feerfeild 1549 CPG

Etymology

'Fair open-land', v. fæger , feld . Numerous 13th- and 14th- century references suggest that the finest pasturage in Peak Forest was here.