Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hylfelde 843 ASCharters(S391)

• Hylefeyld 843 BCS739(alsoS391)

• Hulfeld(e) 1212 Fees 1293 Winch 1310 Hutch3 1311 Pat 1321 Winch 1481 DCMCt

• Hulfeud(') 1244 Ass 1258 For

• Hulveld 1258 ib

• Hulfeilde 1634 Hutch3

• Vlfeld' 1268,1288 Ass

• Huffeld (sic) 1280 Ass

• Hulefeld(e) 1317 MiltC

• Hulefeild' 1332 SR

• Hullefeld 1412 FA

• Hilfeld, Hylfeld 1535 VE

• Hillfeelde 1569–74 Map

• Hilfeild 1613 Lane

• Hilf(eh)ead 1646,1661 Batten 1664 HTax

• Hilvill 1703 Mont

• Hilfield 1774 Hutch1 1811 OS

• Hilfield St Nicholas 1939 Kelly

• The Hill 1843 TA

Etymology

'Open land by the hill', from hyll and feld . The 'hill' refers to the extensive high ground in the SE of the par. (The Hill 1843TA ), where the par. bdy lies above the 800′ contour for some 1½ miles, cf. Telegraph Hill (872′) partly in this par. and partly in Up Cerne par. 3 323, and Hillfield Hill (854′) in this par. infra .