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Mayfield

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

Mayfield, New Zealand, UK, USA 1. UK (England/Staffordshire): formerly Medevelde and Matherfield ‘Open Land where Madder Grows’ from the Old English mæddre ‘madder’ and feld.2. UK (England/Sussex): formerly Magavelde ‘Open Land where Mayweed Grows’ from the Old English mægthe ‘mayweed’ and feld.3. USA (Kentucky): named after a local creek where, according to tradition, a George Mayfield was killed by crooks.

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Mayfield

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Mayfield city (1990 pop. 9,935), seat of Graves co., SW Ky., in an area of farms and clay deposits; founded 1823. It is an agricultural trade center with a tobacco market. In a plot at the local cemetery are the unusual Wooldridge monuments—stone figures of an eccentric aristocrat (buried there in 1899), his family, friends, and animal pets.

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Mayfield

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

Mayfield Staffs. Medevelde [sic] 1086 (DB), Matherfeld c.1180. ‘Open land where madder grows’. OE mæddre + feld.

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

Mayfield E. Sussex. Magavelda 12th cent. ‘Open land where mayweed grows’. OE mægthe + feld.

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