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Survey of English Place-Names

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Netherfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Battle

Historical Forms

  • Nedrefelle, Nirefeld 1086 DB
  • Nirefeld 12th Bello
  • Ne(d)drefelde, Nedderfelde 1121–5 BM 1332 SR
  • Neddresfeld 1176 Pens t.Ed2 IpmR
  • Nadrefeld 1225 Pens
  • Nadrefeud 1271 Ch
  • Nadderfeld 1327 SR 1339 Misc 1342 Ipm
  • Nethirfeld 1469 IpmR
  • Netherfeld downe 1574 Ct

Etymology

v. Netherfield Hundred supra 471. The explanation there given gets over Lower's difficulty (ii. 57), 'The qualifying nether I could never understand, as the place is seated on high ground.'