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.

No Ditch Field

Early-attested site in the Parish of Soham

Historical Forms

  • New(e)dich(e) 1235 Ch 1467 Pembroke
  • New(e)dichfelde 1349 MinAcct
  • Neudich(feld) 1343–64 ib
  • Nowdich(felde) 1397 Ct
  • No(o)dych(e)fen 1404 1541 Spinney
  • Nowedych 1439 StJohn's

Etymology

No Ditch Field is New (e )dich (e )1235 Ch, 1467Pembroke , New (e )dichfelde 1349MinAcct , Neudich (feld )1343–64 ib., Nowdich (felde )1397Ct , No(o)dych (e )fen 1404Ct , 1541Spinney , Nowedych 1439StJohn 's , Noditch - (feld ) t. Eliz bodl . 'New ditch,' v. nīwe , dīc . For the sound- development v. Introd. xxxv.