English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Traylesfields

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ravensden

Etymology

This is the last relic of the manor of Trayles (1493 Ipm), which takes its name from the Trailly family, who were holding here in 1272 (Ipm) and were lords of Yelden (the head of their fee) and of a manor in Willey Hundred in 1086.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site