Heckfield
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU7260
otherwise: Hechfeld, 1207; Hecfeld, 1208; Heghfeud, 1272; Heggefeld, 1280
HECKFIELD
This name has been subject to alternative, and parallel, developments. It could be (and was taken in 1280 to be) 'hedge open land', but that does not make good sense. Many medieval and later forms suggest hypothetical Old English 'Heahfeld'='high open land', which does. But there are persistent spellings suggesting that the final 'h' ([x]) of the first element became [k], and that 'Heckfield' and 'Highfield' competed right down to modern times. Today the village is 'Heckfield' but we find 'Highfield House' (possibly a revived name) right in its historic centre.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Holdsett Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Holdshot Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Holdshot Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Simmons 1643
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Holdshot Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- house - Holdshott Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Holesete Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
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