Ampfield
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Ampfield
Hampshire
SU4023
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XLIX.14
Ampfield
otherwise: Anfelda, 1208; Amfelde, 1292; Aumfelde, 1307
refce: Coates 1989
AMPFIELD, modern parish carved out of Hursley
A very difficult name; apparently containing Old English 'an' 'one, single' and 'feld'='open land'. If there were forms like hypothetical 'Anefeld' in the Middle Ages, we could confidently translate 'lonely open land'; but there are none. Perhaps it is a 3 element compound with the middle one lost (a so called Klammerform) eg hypothetical 'Ansetlfeld'='hermitage open land'. But there is no certainty.
old map
 Anfield
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Fawley Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SU32.jpg)
old map
 Ansfield
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Fawley Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SU32.jpg)
old map
 Enfeild
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, village - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.97)
(OG97SU32.jpg)
old map
 Anfeild
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Mansbridg Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU42.jpg)
old map
 Anfeild
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Mansbridg Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU42.jpg)
old map
 Anfeild
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - Fawley Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SU42.jpg)
old map
 Anfeld
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, hamlet - Southamtoniae
refce: Saxton 1575
(SAX1SU32.jpg)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001