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Field Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of South Ferriby

Etymology

, cf. in campo de South Feriby 1192–1218 (15)YCh xii , in campis de feriby Hy2 (l13) Stix , in camp ' de Sowth Ferebie 1587Nelthorpe , the Feyldesof South Feribe 1544ib , the modern name commemorating the open fields of the village .