Itchingfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Itchingfield
Historical Forms
- Ec(c)kingefeld 1222 FF 1256 FF
- Ecchyngefeud 1291 Tax
- Hecchingefeld c.1225 Bodl87
- Hechingfeld c.1230 Pens 1278 FF
- Hechingfeud 1263 FF
- Hechyngfeud 1355 FF 1509 LP
- Hachingefeud 1235 Sele
- Hechingefeld(e), Hechynge feld(e) 1255,1268,1298 FF 1312 Ipm
- Ec(c)hyngfeld(e) 1386 Cl 1421,1442 IpmR
- Eachyngfeild 1483 SAC41,99
- Hedge and Fylde 1541 HorshamParReg
- Itchingfeeld 1581 MarC
Etymology
'Open land (v. feld ) of the people of Ecci or Hecci ,' v. ing .The former is perhaps the more likely as the OE name Hecci , though found, is probably a North Country form for Hæcci and should give Hacche in this district.