Ifield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ifield
Historical Forms
- Ifelt 1086 DB
- Yfeld 1210–12 RBE
- Ivel 1726 MarC
- Iffelde 1432 IpmR
- Iffeud
- Eyefeild 16th SRS4
Etymology
All other forms are without interest being invariably Ifeld , Yfeld , or Ifeud .
v. feld . The first element is probably OE iw, 'yew,' for the situation of Ifield is against (i)eg, 'marshland,' v. Ebernoe supra 104.