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.

Feldom

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marske

Historical Forms

  • Feldon(e) 12 VCHi.102 1228 Dugdv.576 1231 Ass
  • Feldun, Fildon 1228 FF
  • Feldom c.1300 RichReg 1301 LS 1539 Dugdv.578

Etymology

'(At) the expanses of unenclosed land' from the OE  æt ðǣm feldum , v. feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement