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.

Fyfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Milton Lilborne

Historical Forms

  • Fifide 1230 Pat
  • Fifhide 1236 FF
  • Fifhide juxta Middelton 1317 FF

Etymology

Fyfield is Fifide 1230 Pat, Fifhide 1236 FF, Fifhide juxta Middelton 1317FF . 'Five hides,' cf. Fifield supra 328.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement