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Survey of English Place-Names

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Oldfield Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • (le) Oldfeild 1423 Cust 1621 SheffMan
  • Oldfeld 1441,1599 ib
  • Oldfield sive Odamfield 1622 Norf
  • Woodden feild als. Odamfeld 1618 SheffMan

Etymology

, (le ) Oldfeild 1423 Cust, 1621SheffMan, Oldfeld 1441, 1599 ib, Oldfield sive Odamfield 1622Norf ,Woodden feild als. Odamfeld 1618 SheffMan , v. ald , feld ; the alternative name Odamfeld may have a surname Odham .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement