Byfield

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5153).

OriginOld English bi →
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Meanings

proper nounByfield (countable and uncountable, plural Byfields)

plural Byfields

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5153).
    2. countableuncountableA rural locality in Byfield National Park, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
    3. countableuncountableA village in the town of Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbi“by, near, next to”
  2. EnglishByfield

From Old English bi (“by, near, next to”) + feld (“field”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Byfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byfield

MLA

“Byfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byfield. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Byfield,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byfield.

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