Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Warwelt 1086 DB

• Warefeld' 1171 P 1212 Fees 1284 Ass

• Warefeld, Warfeld' 1176 P

• Warfeld 1263 Cl

• Warefeld 1275–6 RH 1293 Fine 1347 Pat

• Warrefeld 1303–4 FF

• Warefelde 1316 FA

• Werrefeld' 1186 P

• Werrefeld 1228 Cl

Etymology

The second el. is feld 'open land', the first probably wer , wær , 'weir, river-dam, fishing enclosure in a river'. Cf. Wargrave 119.Warfield lies beside a stream. DEPN suggests that the first el. of Warfield is a contraction of wernan wille in the charter bounds of Winkfield, but although the two parishes adjoin, wernan wille is not near Warfield, and a connection between the names does not seem probable, v. Pt 3.