Nympsfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Nympsfield
Historical Forms
- in Nymdesfelda 862 BCS535 l.13th
- Nimdesfeld(e), Nymdesfeld(e) 1086 DB 12 Glouc 1154–89 Berk 1185,13,1215 Glouc 1220,1236 Fees 1535 VE
- Nimdin feld', Nimdresfeld' 1221 Ass
- Nindesfell 1262 Inq
- Nimedesfeld', Nymedesfeld' 1236 Fees 1291 Tax 1320 Ass
- Nunedesfeld (sic for Nimdesfeld) 1303 FA
- Nemedesfelde 1337 Misc
- Nemenesfeld(e) 1279 Misc
- Nymenesfeld 1284 Episc
- Nimesfeld, Nymesfeld 1434 FF 1457 Pat
- Nimsf(i)eld, Nymsf(i)eld, Nymsfyld 1508 FF 1535 VE 1700 PR
- Nymmyesfeld 1549 Pat
- Nymmysfilde 1575 Dep
- Nympsfyld 1562 FF
Etymology
'Tract of open country belonging to a place called Nymed ', v. feld , Nymed being a Celtic p.n. from Brit *nimeto- (Welsh nyfed ) 'a shrine, a holy place'. On the form Nymed cf. Jackson 278, 286, 555.