Whitfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitfield
Historical Forms
- Witefelle 1086 DB 1293 Ipm
- Withesfeld c.1150 BM
- Withefeld c.1220 Magd
- Withyfeld 1238 FF 1285 Ass
- Hwitefeld 1185 RotDom
- Parva Whitefeud 1209–35 WellsR
- Whitefeld 1220 Fees 1307 Ch
- Whitfeld 1381 Ass
- Watfeld 1194 P
- Wetefeld 1208 Fees
- Wutefeld 1236 Cl
- Wittefeld' c.1220 Magd 1241 P
- Wyttefelde 1239 Eynsham
- Quitefeld c.1240 MertRec
- Qwytefeld 1285 FF
Etymology
'White open land,' v. feld . For a more detailed interpretation v. Whitefield (PN D 52).