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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kelfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stillingfleet

Historical Forms

  • Chelchefelt, Chelchefeld 1086 DB
  • Chelchefeld 1155–62 Selby
  • Chalchefeld, Calcefeld c.1150,1154 Selby
  • Kelk(e)feld(e) 12th ADiii c.1150 Selby 1363 Works
  • Kelk(e)feud 13th Selby 1227 FF 1280 YI
  • Kelckefeld(e) c.1200 For
  • Kelchelfeld 1209 Selby
  • Kellef(f)eld 1219 FF 1299 Abbr
  • Kellefeud 1290 ib
  • Kelkesfeld' 1279 Dunelm
  • Kelfeld 1342 SR 1546 YChant

Etymology

OE  (Angl ) *celc , as in Kelk supra 92, and feld . Cf. Kelfield (L), Calkefeld t. Hy 2 BM, Kelkefeud 1281 ib.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement