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.

Northfeld

Field in the Parish of Shaftesbury

Historical Forms

  • Northfeld 1358 Shaft

Etymology

Northfeld 1358(c.1407)(v. feld)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement