Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hadfelda, Hatfelde 1086 DB

• Hatfield Brodehoke 1121-36 WDB

• Hadfeld Reg' 1190 P

• Hatfeld Regis atte Brodeok 1303 FF

• Hatfeld le Roy 1373 Cl

• Hatfeld le Roiz 1375 Cl

• Hađfeld 1155–64 P

• Hađfeud 1241 For

• Hethfeld 1128–34 HMC vii, 1263 Ipm

• Edfelda 1135–54 AddCh

• Hedfeld 1173 P

• Hetfeud' 1251 Cl

• Heffeld regis t. Hy 3 HMC vii

Etymology

The only e -forms noted are Hethfeld 1128–34 HMC vii, 1263 Ipm, Edfelda 1135–54AddCh , Hedfeld 1173 P, Hetfeud '1251 Cl, Heffeld regis t. Hy 3 HMC vii.

v. hæþ , feld . King 's because part of the demesne lands of William the Conqueror. Broad Oak from “a tree of extraordinary bigness. There has been another since…called Doodle -Oak ”(M ii, 501).