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Ninfield Hundred

Hundred in the County of Sussex

Historical Forms

  • Niwenesfeld 1183 P
  • Newenesfeld 1279 Ass
  • Neuenesfeld 1332 SR
  • Newenefeld 1302 RH
  • Newnefeld 1316 FA
  • Niuenefeld, Niuenefeud 1230 P 1265 Ass
  • Nynefeud 1248 Fees
  • Ninenfeld 1265 Misc
  • Nimenefeld 1334 Ipm
  • Ninvill 1629 SAC16,47

Etymology

v. Ninfield infra 487.

Parishes in this Hundred