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.

Blossomfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Solihull

Historical Forms

  • Blossom feildes ford t.Ed6 Rental
  • Blossomefyld 1580 Add

Etymology

Blossomfield is Blossom feildes ford t. Ed 6Rental , Blossomefyld 1580Add , taking its name from the family of Blosmeville which appears in connection with the parish in 1304 (AD vi) and in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327 and 1332. Cf. Newton Blossomville (PN Bk 11).