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Survey of English Place-Names

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Micklefield Hall and Micklefield Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rickmansworth

Historical Forms

  • Mucclefeld t.Hy2 Dugdii
  • Muccleffeld t.Ric1 Ch 1301
  • Mucelesfeld 1270 FF
  • Mukelfelde 1291 ib
  • Mukeleffeld 1294 SR
  • Mukelfeld 1335 ADiii 1350 BM
  • Mukkelfeld 1412 Ass
  • Mikelfeld 1248 ib
  • Mikelefeld 1248 FF
  • Mikelefeud 1255 Ass
  • Mykelfeld, Michelfeld c.1275 Gesta
  • Mickelefeld 1287 Ass
  • Mekelfeld 1412 FA
  • Mykelfeldhall 1518 FF
  • Mykylfeld Grene 1518–29 ECP

Etymology

'Big open space,' v. micel , feld .