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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hatfield Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • le Heth(e)felde 1406,1499 WCR
  • Heathfeild 1600 ib
  • the Heathfield 1709 WMB
  • Hatfield Hall 1766 PRLds 1771 M

Etymology

Hatfield Hall, le Heth (e )felde 1406, 1499WCR , Heathfeild 1600 ib 8d, the Heathfield 1709 WMB, Hatfield Hall 1766 PRLds, 1771 M.'Open field near the heath', v. hǣð , feld . The form has been influenced by that of Hatfield i, 7supra or the surname formed from it, which occurs locally as in clausumad opus et usum Joh 'is Hatfeild 1705 Tayl 157.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site