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.

Millfields Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • Mills Field House 1851 Census
  • Davy's Mill c.1820 GrimsMap
  • Davy 1807 PRStJ

Etymology

Millfields Ho, Mills Field House 1851Census and is Davy 's Mill c.1820GrimsMap , named from the family of William Davy 1807 PRStJ. Dr Rod Ambler points out that this is today the name of an hotel.