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.

Gull Field

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton

Historical Forms

  • Goolefyld 1533 SewersC
  • Gooldfield 1611 EAxiii
  • Goolefield 1688 Wisb
  • Gull Field c.1840 TA

Etymology

Gull Field (6″) is Goolefyld 1533SewersC , Gooldfield 1611 EA xiii, Goolefield 1688Wisb , Gull Field c. 1840TA . Cf. Fittongole 1343Ct , Fytton goile 1549 ib. 'Watercourse feld,' v. gole .