Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Oderesfelt, Odresfeld 1086 DB

• Huderesfeld 1114–31 DodsN 1127 YCh 1164–81 1177–93 1206–18 YChviii 1245 Nost43d 1297 LS 1421 Pat

• Huderisfeld Hy3 BM

• Hudresfeld 12 YCh 1466,1497,1153–60 Nost14 1164–70 Font 1215 ChR 1274 WCR 1362 Nost27

• Hudresfeud l.12 WB1 1208–37 Nost43d

• Hudrisfeld l.13 ib

• Huderefeld 1189 Nost4

• Hudrefeud a.1211 DodsN

• Huderfeld 1219 Ass9

• Hoderesfeld 1216 Nost5 1301 Ebor 1428 FA

• Hoderesfeud 1296 LacyComp 1296 MinAcct

• Hodresfeld 1292 Nost63d 1294 DodsN 1409 DiocV

• Hoderisfeld 1286 YDiv

• Huddredisfeld 1241 Pat

• Huddresfeld 1248 Nost10 1451 Arm 1488 Ipm

• Hoddresfeld 1248 Nost10 1252 FF

• Hodrefeud 1255 Baild

• Hodrifelde 1286 Ebor

• Hoderfeld 1316 Vill 1379 PT 1487 MinAcct

• Hudderfeld 1428 FA

• Hodersfeld 1280 Ch 1331 Ass6 1412 Ramsd 1431 YDi

• Hoddirsfeld 1498 YDxii,236

• Huddersfe(i)ld(e) 1346 YDiv 1525 Testvi 1572 WillY 1615 FF

• Hudersfeld 1352,1504 FF

• Hothersfe(i)ld(e) 1540 MonRent 1609 FF 1634 YDi 1637 Arm

• Huthersfe(i)ld(e) 1545 NCWills 1548 FF 1623 FF

• Huthersfield 1638 SessnR 1695 M 1780 PRAdd

• Huthersfild 1690 PRMrf

Etymology

Huddersfield has a similar run of spellings for the first el. to Hothersall La 145, Hudereshal 1199, 1201, Hudersale , Hodersale 1212, 1251, and for both an OE  pers.n. Hud (d )er has been suggested; this would be a derivative of the OE  pers.n. H  d (a ) with an -r suffix (cf. Doddershall Bk 110, Wo xxiii). But in view of the single 1241 Huddredisfeld spelling it seems probable that in Huddersfield at least we have to deal with an OE  pers.n. Hudrǣd . This name is not recorded; the theme H  d - is found but once in a dithematic pers.n. (in OE  Hudeman BCS 1130, which Forssner 156 thinks is from OG  Hutuman ); the suffix -rǣd , -rēd is common. Such a pers.n. could be reduced to Hudres - from an early date, and parallels to the reduction will be found in Adderstone Nb 2 (Edredeston 1233, Edreston 1234, from Ēadrǣd ), Alfrick Wo 28 (Alcredeswike 1204, Alfrewike 1275 from Alhrǣd ), Atherstone Wa 77, Lundsford Sx  456 (Lundres -, Lundes - with a single Lundredisford , from an unrecorded OE  Lundrǣd , which presents problems very similar to those of Hudrǣd ), etc. 'Hudræd's piece of open country', v. feld . The spelling -fend is AN (v. IPN 113).On the later dial. forms with Huther - cf. Phonol. § 41.