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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.

Cheshunt Field

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanway

Historical Forms

  • Cheste(y)nfeld, Feelde c.1300 ColchA 1563 Oath

Etymology

Cheshunt Field is Cheste (y )nfeld , Feelde c. 1300ColchA , 1563 Oath. 'Chestnut-tree-field,' v. feld . ME  chestein , chesten , 'chestnut-tree.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement