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.

Binfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Binfield

Historical Forms

  • Benetfeld' c.1160 OxonCh 1220 Cur
  • Benetfeld 1176,1208 P 1224–5 Ass 1400 Fine
  • Benetfelde 1336 Ipm 1339 Fine 1378 BM
  • Benettefeld 1339 Cl
  • Benefeld 1185 RR 1380 Fine
  • Benifeud 1217 Pat
  • Benyfeld 1447 Fine
  • Binefeld 1224–5 Ass
  • Bunetfeld' 1241 Ass
  • Bentfeld' 1241 Ass
  • Bentefeld 1284 ib
  • Bentfeld 1297 Ipm
  • Bunefeld', Bunefeud' 1284 Ass
  • Bunefeld 1302 Cl
  • Benfelde 1388 Fine
  • Bynfeld 1517 DInc

Etymology

'Open land where bent-grass grows', v. beonet , feld and cf. Ess 533, O 65, for other examples of the same name.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name