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Hatfield

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Hatfield, a common name, ‘heathy open land, or open land where heather grows’, OE hǣth + feld; examples include: Hatfield Donc. Haethfelth 731, Hedfeld 1086 (DB). Hatfield Herefs. Hetfelde 1086 (DB). Hatfield Herts. Haethfelth 731, Hetfelle 1086 (DB). Hatfield Worcs. Hadfeld 1182. Hatfield Broad Oak Essex. Hadfelda 1086 (DB), Hatfeld Brodehoke c.1130. Affix from a large oak-tree, OE brād + āc. Hatfield, Great & Hatfield, Little E. R. Yorks. Haifeld, Heifeld 1086 (DB), Haitefeld 12th cent. First element influenced by OScand. heithr ‘heath’. Hatfield Peverel Essex. Hadfelda 1086 (DB), Hadfeld Peurell 1166. Manorial affix from its possession by Ralph Peverel in 1086.

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Hatfield

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Hatfield, UK, USA UK (England): a number of towns have this name, the two best known being in Hertfordshire and South Yorkshire. The name means ‘Open Land where Heather grows’ from the Old English hth ‘heath’ or ‘heather’ and feld ‘open country’. The names in the 1086 Domesday Book were Hetfelle and Hedfeld respectively. The town in Hertfordshire was designated a New Town in 1948.

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