Sheffield Park
Early-attested site in the Parish of Fletching
Historical Forms
- Sifelle 1086 DB
- Sif(f)eld' 1202 Cur 1265 Misc
- Schiffeld 1316 Ipm 1332 SR
- Sypfeld 1200–10 BM 13th CplM
- Sipfeud 1265 Ipm
- Shipfeud 1272 RH 1279 Ass
- Shep(e)feud 1279,1288 Ass
- Shep(e)feld 1361 Cl
- Sheffeld 1303 Ch 1401 FA 1442 IpmR
- Sheffeld Parva 1361 IpmR
Etymology
'Open land for sheep,' v. sceap , feld .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Atherall's Fm
- Barkham
- Clapwater
- Coleham Fm
- Light Row
- Flitteridge Wood
- Daleham
- Mallingdown Fm
- Hungry Hatch
- Pilt Down
- Rigg Wood
- Ruston Wood
- Ruttingham
- Shortbridge
- Woolpack Fm