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Survey of English Place-Names

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Parkfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Belton

Historical Forms

  • The Parke Feilde, Parke Feilde 1619,1633 Terrier
  • the Park Field, Park Field 1733(l19),1734,1756,1756(l19) Whit 1786 Surv 1815 Whit 1943 Map

Etymology

, The Parke Feilde , Parke Feilde 1619, 1633Terrier ; the Park Field ,Park Field 1733 (l19), 1734, 1756, 1756 (l19)Whit , 1786Surv , 1815Whit ,1943Map , originally one of the great open - fields of the village , v. park , feld .