Mountfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Mountfield
Historical Forms
- Montifelle 1086 DB
- Montefelde 12th ADiii
- Montfeld 1480 Pens
- Mundifeld 12th Pat 1432 Pens c.1215
- Mundefeud 1248 Ass
- Mundefeld 1265 Misc 1560 AsM
- Mondefeld(e) 1340 NI 1350 Ipm
- Mounfeld 1535 VE
- Munfelde 1598 MarL 1610 Norden
- Montfeld 1566 AsM
- Mountefyld 1575 MarC
- Munfilde al Mountfyld 1588 Recov
- Munfield 1724 B
Etymology
ME Mundanfeld or Mundingfeld , 'Munda's open land,' v. feld , ing , Ritter iii and cf. Muntham supra 198.