Heathfield

Meanings

proper noun

A number of places in England:
1. A settlement in Thriplow and Heathfield parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4546).
2. A village and industrial estate in Bovey Tracey parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8376).
3. A market town in Heathfield and Waldron parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5820).
4. A hamlet in Rotherfield parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5630).
5. A hamlet in Alkington parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7098).
6. A suburb of Fareham, Fareham district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5506).
7. A tiny hamlet in Claxby parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1193).
8. A hamlet in Stonebeck Down parish, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1367).
9. A small village in Oake parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1626).
10. A settlement in West Bagborough parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1633).
A built-up area in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, between Ayr and Prestwick (OS grid ref NS3523).
A township in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to heath + field. Doublet of Hothfield.

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