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.

Ifield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ifield

Historical Forms

  • Ifelt 1086 DB
  • Yfeld 1210–12 RBE
  • Ivel 1726 MarC
  • Iffelde 1432 IpmR
  • Iffeud
  • Eyefeild 16th SRS4

Etymology

All other forms are without interest being invariably Ifeld , Yfeld , or Ifeud .

v. feld . The first element is probably OE  iw, 'yew,' for the situation of Ifield is against (i)eg, 'marshland,' v. Ebernoe supra 104.

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