Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Freschefelt 1086 DB

• Tresch(e)feld 12 Font 1457 FountBurs

• Threskefeld 12 Font

• Threscefeld 1256 FountPres

• Treskefeld(e) 1192 YChvii 1193 P 1231 FF 1256 Font 1314 Fount

• Treskefeud 1270 Percy

• Treskesfeld 1226 FF

• Tresfeld 1198 Fount 1199–1216 Font

• Trescfeld 1199,1225 Font

• Thresfeld a.1212 YChvii 1285 KI 1296 BltComp27d 1303 KF 1535 VE

• Thressefeld 1353 Fount

• Threschefeld 1316 Vill

• Threshefeld 1496 FountRent 1574 Comm 1580 WillY

• Threshefeld in Craven 1500 Ipm

• Threshfeild 1631 PRLnt

Etymology

The variant spellings are due to ON  influence (occasional -sk - for -sh -) or OFr influence (t - for th -, -s - for -sh -) and all point to an OE  þresc -feld , which, as Moorman suggested, meant 'open land where threshing was done', v. þresc , feld .