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.

Highfields Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • le Hyefeld, le Heghefeld, le Hyghefeld 1346,1372,1383 LyttCh

Etymology

'High open country,' v. heah , feld .