Lindfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lindfield
Historical Forms
- Lindefeldia, Lendenfelda 765 BCS197 c.1300
- Lindefeld, Lyndefeld 12th ADiii 1483 ADvi
- Lyndefeld Bardolf 1327 SR
- Linfeld 1590 MarL
- Linfeild or Lindfeild Dorchter 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
The form Lendenfeld is almost certainly corrupt (like many others in this charter) and the name may be interpreted as from OE linda-feld , 'open land of (or with) lime-trees.' The chief manors belonged to the College of South Malling and the Bardolf family. The former was under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop who held the view of frankpledge in the hundred of Burleigh Arches. Dorchter is a corruption of D 'Arches , cf. Burleigh Arches supra 280.