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.

Millfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • (le) Milnefeild 1650 WCR1d 1682 Tayl
  • Milne field 1699 WCR8 1709 WMB
  • Horbury Mill 1841 O.S.
  • the mylne of Horburie 1538 TestLds
  • Horburie Mills 1660 PRHrb

Etymology

1668 BfdAnt i, 259 , (le ) Milnefeild 1650WCR 1d, 1682 Tayl, Milne field 1699WCR 8, 1709 WMB, named from Horbury Mill 1841 O.S. (the mylne of Horburie 1538 TestLds, Horburie Mills 1660 PRHrb ) , v. myln , feld .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site