Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Haethfelth c.730 Bede

• Hæðfeld c.890 OEBede

• hæþ feld lande c.1000 BCS297

• heþfelda ib 297a

• Hedfeld 1086 DB 1180–1202 YChviii l.12 Lewes23d

• Hedfued (sic) 1091–7 YChviii

• Hadfeld 1199 P

• Hetfeld(e) c.1147 1164–81 1189 BM l.12 Lewes303 1303 Ebor

• Hetefeld 1194–9 YChviii 1197 Ebor 1301

• Hethfeld 1154–91 Lewes25d 1290 Abbr

• Hethefeld 1180–5 YChviii

• Haitfeld, Heitfeld 1175–90 YCh815 1189 BM 1190–1202,1195–1205 YChviii l.12 Lewes303 1202 YChviii 1227 1285,1483 MinAcct 1498 HCY

• Haitfeud 1294 ADi

• Heytfeld Haytfeld 1302 Pat 1329 ADi 1341 FF 1343 Ass1d 1405 Pat 1505 FF

• Heffeld' 1215–40 YChviii

• Haytefeld, Haitefeld 1293 Ebor 1316 Pat 1333 Selby 1589 FF

• Little Haytefeld 1616 ib

• Haytefeuld' 1297 LS

• Hatfeld 1336 FF 1428 FA 1460 Pat 1582 FF

• Hattefeld 1394 Fabr 1415 BM 1464 Pat

• Hatefelde 1546 YChant

• West Hatefeild als. Little Hatefeild 1594 FF

Etymology

A common type of place-name denoting 'a tract of open uncultivated land', v. hǣð , feld . The spellings with Hait (e )-, etc. arise from the substitution of the cognate ON  heiðr, those with -t - for -th - and with -feu (l )d from French influence.