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.

Englefield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Englefield

Historical Forms

  • (on) Englafelda 871 ASC c.900
  • Inglefelle, Englefel 1086 DB
  • Englefeldia Hy2 AddCh
  • Engelfed (sic) Hy2 Gaimar 13th
  • Engilfeld, Engefeld, Englesfeld 1284 Ass
  • Eyngelfeld 1330 AD

Etymology

'Open land of the Angles', v. feld . The name was correctly translated by Asser 'Englafeld Anglice, Latine Anglorum Campus'.v. Introd.