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.

Eckenfields

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harting

Historical Forms

  • Ekenesfeld 1332 Ipm
  • Eknesfeld 1370 IpmR
  • Ekenesfelde 1386 Ct
  • Ekenefeld 1350 Cl

Etymology

It is difficult to explain this name unless we take the first element to be a pers. name Eccen , not on record, but a possible -en extension of the OE  pers. name Ecca , cf. IPN 171.