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.

Layfield(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of West Parley

Historical Forms

  • Inner Layfield, Lower Layfield, Outer Layfield 1839 TA 1869 Hutch3

Etymology

( lost ) , 1774 Hutch1 , Inner Layfield , Lower Layfield , Outer Layfield 1839TA , 1869 Hutch3 , first el . probably lǣge ' fallow ' .