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Survey of English Place-Names

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North Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Ulceby

Historical Forms

  • in aquil' campo de Vlseby e13 Newh Ed1
  • in North campo de Vlseby c.1240 Ed1 ib
  • camp' borial' … de Ulseby l13 NCot
  • (the) North Field 1626 Yarb 1758,1762,1766,1786 BM 1795 Yarb 1797,1816 BM 1833 MiscDep

Etymology

, in aquil ' campo de Vlseby e13 (Ed1) Newh , in North campo de Vlseby c.1240 (Ed1) ib , camp ' borial ' … de Ulseby l13NCot , (the ) North Field 1626Yarb , 1758, 1762, 1766, 1786BM , 1795Yarb , 1797, 1816BM , 1833MiscDep 118 , one of the great fields of the village , v. norð , feld , and cf. the … South Fields in f.ns. (a) infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement