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.

Nutfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Nutfield

Historical Forms

  • Notfelle 1086 DB
  • Notfeud 1247 FF a.1290 ADi 1291 Winton
  • Notfeld 1376 Ass
  • Nutfelda 1169 P
  • Nutfeld 1195 P
  • Nottefeud, Notefeld 1255 Ass
  • Notefelde 1291 Tax
  • Notefeud 1328 Pat
  • Nutefeud 1279 QW
  • Nutefeld 1307 FF
  • Nuttefeld 1307 FF
  • Nhutfeld 1313 Ipm

Etymology

'Open space with nut trees or hazels,' v. feld .