Falfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Falfield
Historical Forms
- Falefeld(e) 1227 FF 1287 Ass 1305 Pat 1497 FF
- Falefild als. Fawfyld 1570 FF
- Falfeld 1232,1445 FF 1533 MinAcct
- Falfield als. Fafeld als. Faviell 1570 FF
- Falfeild als. Fawfeild 1630 InqM
- Valefeld' 1318,1325 FF 1497 AOMB 1505 Pat
- Faleueld(e) 1353,1489 FF
- Fawefylde 1555 FF
- Fawfield 1611 PR
- Favyld 1572 FF
- Faulfeild 1595 FF
Etymology
'The pale-brown or fallow tract of open country', v. fealu , feld .On the forms Vale - and -uelde cf. Phonol. § 34 (a ).