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.

Wadefield

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Westfield (sic) 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Westfield (sic)1841 O.S. ; from the surname Wade ( cf. John Wade 1441 SheffMan i, 32, etc. ) , feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name