Wrat Field
Early-attested site in the Parish of Leverington
Historical Forms
- le Wrottefelde 15th Thorney
- Wrotfeld 1369, 1386 Ct
- Wratfeld t.Hy8 Rental
- Wrat, Wret Field c.1840 TA
- Cakers Hill Field 1728 Wisb
Etymology
Wrat Field (6″) is le Wrottefelde 15thThorney , Wrotfeld 1369, 1386Ct , Wratfeld t. Hy 8Rental , Wrat , Wret Field c. 1840TA . 'Open land where crosswort grows,' from OE wrætt and feld . The forms in wrot (te ) are surprising, but they have their parallel in the forms for Wratting and Wratworth supra 122, 80. Cf. Wrottecroft 1385Ct in the same parish. Known also as Cakers Hill Field (1728Wisb ), it lies immediately north of Karrow infra 275.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bone's Gote
- Cat Field
- Cattle Dike
- Dowgate Bridge
- Gorefield
- Ivesdike Field
- Plain Field
- Pock Field
- Spittle Field
- Townhouses
- Wolf Lane
- Fitton Hall
- Wool Croft