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.

Heathfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Bovey Tracy

Historical Forms

  • la Hethfeld 1228 FF
  • Boviheʒfelde c.1327 Exon
  • Bovyhethfeld early15th ECP1,170

Etymology

is la Hethfeld 1228 FF,Boviheʒfelde c. 1327 Exon, Bovyhethfeld early 15th ECP 1, 170 . ' Waste land , ' v. supra 265 .