Bayfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Glandford with Bayfield
Historical Forms
- Baiafelda 1086 DB
- Baifeld 1180,1181 P 1200 Cur 1202,1203 Abbr 1333 SR
- Bayfeld 1228 FF 1243 Fees 1254–75 Val 1269 Ass 1279to1413 FF 1302,1315,1346 FA 1330 SR 1447 Past 1468 Ch 1535 VE
- Bayfeud 1250,1257,1286 Ass 1275 RH 1287 Ipm
- Beufeld 1257 Ass
Etymology
From 'Bǣgan feld', the first element being the weakly inflected OE pers.n. Bǣga , which is evidenced in toponymic contexts, for instance in on bægan wyrðe 956 (12 Sawyer 605) BCS 924.
Bayfield church is described as “parish church of a lost village” (Pevsner 85). It was dedicated to St Margaret, abandoned in the mid-17th century (EAA 51:51) and in ruins at the end of the 18th century.