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.

Burfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bosham

Historical Forms

  • Burgfeud 1273 MinAcct

Etymology

Burfield (6″) is the Burgfeud of 1273 (MinAcct ). It is close by Bosham itself, which may have been the burh to which this feld or open land belonged.