Mangotsfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Mangotsfield
Historical Forms
- Man(e)godesfelle, Man(e)godesfeld(e) 1086 DB 12 Tewk90–1 1167 P 1215 ClR 1231 Ch 1231 Theok 1248 Ass 1339 FF
- Man(e)godesfeud 1262 Ipm
- Manegodefeld 1230 Ch
- Manygodesfeld 1287 Ass
- Mangetesfeld 1248 Ass
- Manegoteresfeud 1262 Ipm
- Mangotesfeld 1327 SR 1328 Banco 1392 Ipm 1492 MinAcct
- Mangottesfeld 1476 IpmR 1515 FF
- Mongottesfielde 1574 ib
- Magotesfeld 1347 Ipm
- Magattisfild 1492 ib
- Maggottysfeld 1540 FF
- Magger(y)sfeld(e) 16 Berk 1535 VE 1594 FF
- Mangersfeild 1652 ParlSurv
Etymology
'Mangod's stretch of open country', v. feld . The pers.n. Mangod , Mangot is found in OE sources and DB; it is probably from OG, though it is not recorded there (cf. Forssner 186, Feilitzen 324).