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.

Nunfield Close

Field in the Parish of Crich

Historical Forms

  • 1847 TA

Etymology

Nunfield Close(cf. Nunnefeld 1514 WollCh, v. nunne, feld; it is named fromthe Nuns of St Mary's, Derby)