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.

Dunfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Kempsford

Historical Forms

  • Downe medowe 1540 AOMB
  • Dunfield al. Dunvill 1777 M
  • Dunville field 1801 EnclA

Etymology

, Downe medowe 1540AOMB , Dunfield al. Dunvill 1777 M,Dunville field 1801EnclA , v. dūn ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement