Mirfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Mirfield
Historical Forms
- Mirefeld, Mirefelt 1086 DB
- Mirefeld, Myrefeld 1170–85 YCh1692 1180–93 l.12 Font 13 ADvi 1245 Ebor 1252 FF 1297 WCR 1329 FF 1391 YDi
- Myrefeud 1219 FF
- Mirfeld(e), Myrfeld(e) Hy2 Dugdv 13 YDi 1202 FF Hy3 Arm 1276 RH 1285 KI 1288 YI 1303 Aid 1309 YDiii 1314 YDi 1316 Vill 1323 Ass4 1537 WillY
- Myrfeud 1297 WCR
- Myrfill 1558 NCWills
- Myrfeild 1605 FF
- Mirifeud, Myrifeud 1195–1215 YChviii 1246 Ass11d
- Mirifeld, Miryfeld 1246 Ass5d 1251 FF
- Merefelde 1293 Ebor 1486 MinAcct
- Merfeld 1303 ib
- Murfeld(e) 1531 Testiv 1641 PRThl
- Murfeild 1615 FF
Etymology
'Pleasant stretch of open country', v. myrig , feld . The first el. is hardly likely to be mýrr 'mire, swamp' on topographical grounds; the name must have described the steep hillside on the north side of the Calder and only one small piece of ground by the river (the Lowlands) could have been swampy. As in other names (such as Marley K 225, 558), myrig is here, perhaps more persistently, reduced to ME Mir (e ), but the Miri - spellings leave no doubt about the interpretation, v. Addenda.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Briery Royd
- Castle Hall Hill
- Dun Bottle
- Flash Lane
- Highfield Ho
- Liley Hall
- Mock Hall
- Shill Bank Ho & Shill Bank Lane
- Springfield Ho
- Steanard Lane
- Stocks Bank
- Sunny Bank
- Taylor Hall
- Thorne Grove
- Tithe Lathe
- Tomroyds Ho
- Towngate
- Warren Ho
- Wasp Nest
- The Waste
- Westfield Ho
- Westfields
- Westroyd
- Whitley Wood
- Willow Grove
- Woodend
- Bank Ho
- Battye Ford
- The Beck
- Blake Hall
- Boat Ho
- Bolderstone Hall
- Bracken Hill
- Brier Knowl
- Butt End Mill
- Calder Fm
- Calf Croft
- Dransfield Hill
- Elmwood Fm
- Field Head
- Hepworth Wood
- Hollin Hall
- Holme Bank
- Hopton Brow & Hopton Fold
- Hopton Grange
- Hopton Hall
- Ings Grove
- Ivy Ho
- Jack Royd
- Jordan Wood
- Kitson Hill
- Knowl
- The Lawn
- Mirfield Moor
- Over Hall
- Snake Hill
- Water Royd Ho
- Canker Dike
- Chapel Fold
- Chapel Hill
- Clough
- Cob Row
- Cotewall
- Covey Clough
- Cripple Gate
- Crossley, Crossley Hill
- Crow Lees
- Daisy Hill
- Dark Lane
- Doctor Lane
- Finching Dike
- Fox Royd
- Gilder Hall
- Gosling Hall
- Green Ho
- Greenside
- Gregory Spring
- Hagg, Hagg Wood
- Hall Bank
- Hand Bank
- Lee Green
- Little London City
- Littlemoor
- Lowlands
- Madge Croft
- Manor Ho
- Mapplewell Lodge
- Mill Lane
- Mirfield Bridge
- Moor Top
- Mount Pleasant
- Mousehole Lane
- Nab
- Nettleton Rd
- Newhall
- New Ho
- Nick Ho
- Northfield
- Northorpe Hall
- Owton
- Paper Hall
- The Park
- Park Fm
- Pinfold Lane
- Pump Ho
- Roe Head
- Round Oak
- Lower Row, Middle Row & Upper Row
- Royd Nook
- Royds Ho
- Sands, Sands Ho
- Sheep Ings
- Valance Beck
- Wellhouse
- Broad Oaks
- Chadwick Fold
- East-thorpe
- Fold Head Mill
- Highthorpe
- Liley Wood
- Nun Brook Ho
- Slipper Lane
- Ward's End