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.

Bishopsfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plemstall

Historical Forms

  • Bishopsfield 1867 Sheaf318
  • Bispediche 1354 Ch 1379 Sheaf 1355 Morris 15 Orm2 1355 16 1499 1540,1555,1573

Etymology

Bishopsfield (lost, 109–416673), Bishopsfield 1867 Sheaf3 18 (4488a), the name of a postal district and locality, has been associated with Bispediche 1354 (1379) Ch, 1355 (15) Sheaf, 1355 (16) Morris, 1499 Orm2, 1540, 1555, 1573 Morris, Sheaf, 'the bishop's ditch', v. biscop , dīc , a ditch joining Flooker's Brook 124 opposite the point where the city boundary left the brook to run south towards Boughton, v. Sheaf1 1, 189–190.