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.

Plainfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tiverton

Etymology

Professor Ekwall suggests the possibility of OE  plegenafeld , 'open land of the games' or 'of the players.' Similarly Plenythorne , a field- name in Devon (1520), might denote a thornbush near to which country games took place.