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.

Smallfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Smalfeld(e) a.1290 SheffMan l.13 Hall 1542 WillY 1556 Wheat
  • Smallfe(i)ld, Smallfield 1398 Cust 1441 SheffMan
  • Smalefeld 1565 ib

Etymology

Smallfield, Smalfeld (e )a. 1290 SheffMan (p), l. 13 Hall (p), 1542 WillY, 1556 Wheat, Smallfe (i )ld , Smallfield 1398 Cust, 1441 SheffMan et freq , Smalefeld 1565 ib. 'Narrow stretch of open country', v. smæl , feld ; it is still the name of a small district at the head of Agden, and may have been named in this way in contrast to Bradfield.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement