Suffield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Suffield
Historical Forms
- Sutfelle, Sudfelda 1086 DB
- Sudfeld 1168to1183 P 12 Lewes 1197,1202 FF 1214 Cur
- Sudflet 1189,1194 P
- Sudfeld 1191,1210 ib
- Suffeld 1197,1239 FF 1269 Ass 1371,1374 Pat
- Sutfeld 1226 FF 1286 Ass Ed1 Ipm
- Sudfeud 1250 Ass
- Suffeud 1257,1286 1269,1307 Ipm
- Sutfeud 1257 Ass
- Suthfeud 1257,1286(p) ib
- Sudfelde 1269 ib
- Suthfel 1275 Fine
- Suthfeld 1275 RH 1286 Ass 1306 QW 1309,1314 FF 1322,1374 BM 1336 Pat 1338 Fine 1339,1372 Cl
- Southfeld 1328 DeBanco 1374,1444 FF 1376,1486 Pat 1379 FF 1400 Cl 1401–2 FA
- Sowthfeld 1482 Pat
- Southfild 1489 ib
- Suffelde 1535 VE
- Southfeilde 1548 Pat
Etymology
OE sūð 'south, southern' and feld 'open country', a contrast to the well wooded country around Gunton Hall.