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.

Low Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Hope Woodlands

Historical Forms

  • Lowfeld Hy8 DuLa
  • Lowe Feelde Eliz ib
  • Lowfield 1688 Map

Etymology

( submerged in reservoir ) , Lowfeld Hy 8DuLa , Lowe Feelde Eliz ib, Lowfield 1688Map , v. hlāw , feld ; it is described as “ a large low or heap of stones ” in Bateman 250 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement