Hatfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishops Hatfield
Historical Forms
- Haethfelth c.750 Bede
- (on) Hæþfelda 680 ASC c.900
- (æt) Hæðfælda c.970 ASWills 12th
- (æt) Hæðfelda c.1000 CraggMS
- (into) Hæðfelda 11th KCD1354
- Hethfeld(e) c.1060 ElyM 14th P 1130 RBE 1211 Dugdii 1218
- Hathfeld 1077–93 Gesta t.Hy2 Dugdii 1222 Fees 1230 Cl 1250 FF 1323–7 Ipm
- Hathfeld Episcopi 1316 FF
- Hatfeld(e) 1077–93 Gesta 1086 DB 1210–12 RBE 1500 Pat
- Hetfelle 1086 DB
- Hetfeld 1211 RBE 1307 SR
- Hadfeld 1190 P 1198 FF 1220 Pat
- Hadfeld Episcopi 1279 FF
- Hattefeld Episcopi 1351 Cl
- Bysshoppeshatfelde al. Kings Hatfelde 1548 Pat
Etymology
'Heath-covered open land,' v. hæþ , feld and cf. Heathfield (PN D 214, PN Sx 463), Hatfield (PN Ess 39, 287). The manor was held by the Bishop of Ely in DB.