Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the corn Felde 1500 GrimsCBi

• the Corne feld 1528 GrimsBCB

• the cornfelld c.1540 GrimsCLeet

• Corne feldes c.1600 GrimsMap(PRO)

• the corne feilde 1639 GrimsCBviii

• the Corne Feilds 1651 GrimsCLeet

• the Corne feild 1687 ib

• ye Corne feild 1698 ib

• the Corne Feild 1723 GrimsCBxi

Etymology

Corn Fields (lost), the corn Felde 1500GrimsCB i , the Corne feld 1528GrimsBCB , the cornfelld c.1540GrimsCLeet , Corne feldes c.1600GrimsMap (PRO ), the corne feilde 1639GrimsCB viii , the Corne Feilds 1651GrimsCLeet , the Corne feild 1687ib , y e Corne feild 1698ib , the Corne Feild 1723GrimsCB xi , self-explanatory. “The corn field lay at the south end of the town and contained some 640 acres”, Gillett 4.