English Place-name Society

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.

Summerfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marlborough

Historical Forms

  • Sumerfeld' 1202 Cur 1203 FF
  • Somerfelde 1281 Ass

Etymology

Summerfield (6″) is Sumerfeld '1202 Cur, 1203 FF, Somerfelde 1281Ass (p), possibly with reference to an open space used as summer pasturage, v. feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement