Homefield
Other OS name in the Parish of Broomfield
Historical Forms
- Homfeld t.Hy3 ADi,ii,iv
Etymology
( local ) is Homfeld t. Hy 3 AD i, ii, iv . This may be a compound of OE hamm and feld with later folk - etymologising , or it may be a compound of ' home ' and feld , denoting land near the farm or homestead . See PN Sx 258, PN Sr 271–2 , 369 .