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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fingerfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Tingehoucroft 12 YDviii
  • Tinchehoucroft c.1150 ib

Etymology

Fingerfield, 1817 M, Tingehoucroft 12 YD viii, Tinchehoucroft c. 1150 ib. 'Hill or mound where the council met', v. þing-haugr, croft . The modern form is paralleled by Finger Lei which is of similar origin (cf. Phonol. § 49).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site