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.

North Tofts

Other OS name in the Parish of Hatfield

Historical Forms

  • Nortoft 1539 Hnt
  • Northtoft(e)s 1615 Comm65 1649 WillS
  • Nortoftes 1655 ib

Etymology

( lost ) , Nortoft 1539 Hnt, Northtoft (e )s 1615Comm 65, 1649 WillS, Nortoftes 1655 ib , ' north plots of ground ' , v. norð , topt .