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.

Ecclesfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Eclesfelt 1086 DB
  • Eclesfeld 1086 DB 1150–6 YCh 1171–81 1193 P 1291 Tax
  • Ecclesfeld 12 Dugdv 1150–60 YCh 1190,1191 P 1201 OblR 1268 FF 1285 KI 1315 Pat 1532 FF
  • North Ecclesfeld, Ecclesfeld in Halumshire 1276 RH
  • Ecclesfeud 1200–10 YCh1295
  • Ecclesfeuld 1268 FF
  • Ecclisfeud, Ecclysfeud 1279 YDxii,307 1297 LS
  • Ecclisfeld 1403,1405 YDxii,246,295 1483 BM
  • Eglesfeld 1161,1188 YCh 1278,1201 Cur 1206 OblR 1528 WillY 1535 VE
  • Eglisfeld 1502 Testiv
  • Ecclefeld' 1190 P
  • Egglesfeld(e) 1201 Cur 1207 OblR 1479 Testiii 1519 WillY
  • Egglisfeld 1531 Testiv
  • Ekelesfeud 1276 RH
  • Ekelisfeld 1287 Ebor, YD xvi, 96
  • Hekelesfeld 1472 Pat
  • Egelesfeld 14 Sawl194

Etymology

v. eclēsia , feld , and Ecclesall 192supra , 'open country in which a British church stood'. The many Eg (g )les - spellings are due to the voicing of -k - before -l -, which is not uncommon in p.ns. (cf. Phonol. § 37).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement