English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

the North feild

Field in the Parish of Wistow

Historical Forms

  • the North feild 1625 Terrier
  • Schyrdaycotis Edw3 Wyg

Etymology

the North feild 1625 (v. norð, feld; one of the great open - fields, later called Cowmoor Fd and Mill field); Schyrdaycotis Edw 3, v. cot and Shirtecoat in Great Bowden supra)