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Southfield Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Scartho

Etymology

, cf. Campus Austr '1457TCC , the South fielde 1601Terrier , The Southfeild 1624Terrier , the sowthe feild 1638Terrier , the South feild 1652Rad , 1691Td 'E , the South field 1667ib , the Southfield 1697, 1706Terrier , the South Field 1724Terrier , 1752Yarb , 1778Nelthorpe , 1787TCC , 1789Yarb , commemorating one of the open fields of the village , v. sūð , feld , and cf. North Field in f. ns . ( a ) infra .