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.

Littlefield Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Plumlane 1595 FMap

Etymology

( local ) is Plumlane 1595FMap , probably named from the Plum family , cf. Thomas Plome 1592Inv ; for the later name cf. Litle feilde 1595FSurv , the litle feilde 1627FLDudd , litlefeild 1628LMR , self - explanatory .