Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (the) Feld(e)hous(e) 1492 MinAcct 1505 WCR 1524 HAS 1533 Stansf

• Feld(e)hous(e) rideynge 1499 WCR3d

• Nether Feld(e)hous(e) 1500 HAS

• Fildehouse 1549 ib

• Feildhous(e) 1573 Stansf 1575 YDii

• lowe Feildhous(e), upper Feildhous(e) 1709 WMB

• Lower & Upper Fieldhouse 1624 Greave

• Soureby-feld 1455 HAS 4,1492 MinAcct

• del Fe(i)ld(e) 1307,1323 WCR 1309 Ext

Etymology

Field Ho, Upper Field Ho, (the ) Feld (e )hous (e )1492MinAcct , 1505WCR , 1524 HAS 9, 199, 1533 Stansf, Feld (e )hous (e ) rideynge 1499WCR 3d, Nether Feld (e )hous (e )1500 HAS 21, 5, Fildehouse 1549 ib 8, Feildhous (e )1573 Stansf, 1575 YD ii, lowe Feildhous (e ), upper Feildhous (e )1709 WMB, Lower & Upper Fieldhouse 1624 Greave. This is named from Soureby-feld 1455 HAS 21, 4, 1492MinAcct , the cultivated open land belonging to Sowerby (v. feld), from which also the local family del Fe (i )ld (e ) (1307, 1323 WCR, 1309 Ext) was named; it lay between the village and Field Ho.