Field names

[-chris-]

We've got one called the 9 acres on the 14 acres. The other 5 are in the next field, Willowdale.

 

[Oat]

A few examples-
Greenhouse field- next to a large greenhouse
Timothy field- always used to grow a lot of timothy
Field across the road- self explanatory (all other fields were on the same side of the road)
Parker's Pit field- had a pond in the boundary in one corner. The other side of the boundary was the neighbour's land- Mr Parker
Parker's Puddle field- had a large dip in the middle which flooded in the winter. Field was originally owned by Mr Parker
Mushroom field- always grew mushrooms
Pylon field- had a couple of large pylons in it
Pylon field over the railway- self explanatory
Heifer field- furthest field which was a bit rough and uneven, so was used to keep the pre-serving heifers in over the summer
Cook's Plateau- had a large hill with flat plateau in it. Used to be owned by Mr Cook
Cook's Prairie- large field which used to be owned by Mr Cook

 

[neilo]

most odd one here is Labour In Vain & its got nowt to do with politics

just to ad we have some heavy land split into two fields called the Bradley Moor but we have a much better saying for both of them & its Called (Twatfull) ground because that's exactly what it is.

We had a 'No Gains' at home, which about summed it up.

 

[neilo]

Same here, we have the fourteen acre which is actually 27 acres.

Most unusual one here is called Billy bones (although no one knows why), and the prettiest is called Paradise as the views are so impressive.

We had a Paradise too, so called because it apparently regenerated to grass all by itself after the war. It stayed green until glyphosate was launched, which eventually got on top of the couch.

 

[Oat]

One of the fields we had called Cook's Prairie, almost became known as Cook's Prazrie, after some DEFRA/IACS official misread by dad's handwriting

 

[Old Boar]

Our farm is called Hendre Bryn Cyffo. Bryn Cyffo is the hill in front of the house bryn means hill in welsh but we have no idea what Cyffo means.

Could it be a corruption of cyffio? (fun). Just a thought as an I can be easily missed.
There is a field here called Park Jump. Was called that in 1780. I wonder why??

 

[youngfarmer321]

Neibours got a field called the slangs next to the church no one seems to know why it's called that!

 

[Old Boar]

A slang is an old name for a field which is usually a long field next to a river, or a boggy long field.

 

[haulmblower]

The Nimmings, we have no idea what it means but think it could be connected with a church. Why? I don't know it was something I was told.

 

[hendrebc]

Could it be a corruption of cyffio? (fun). Just a thought as an I can be easily missed.
There is a field here called Park Jump. Was called that in 1780. I wonder why??

Maybe i doubt we will ever know for sure sadly

 

[Martin87]

When I was contract spraying, came across a field called combine , sure enough there was a Massey combine abandoned out there and had been drilled around the combine for years

 

[Alicecow]

Our farm is called Hendre Bryn Cyffo. Bryn Cyffo is the hill in front of the house bryn means hill in welsh but we have no idea what Cyffo means. Tried researching it and came up blank its probably been corrupted from something else a very very long time ago. There was a gravestone in the village graveyard from someone who lived here in 1600something and the farm was called hendre bryn cyffo then.
The nearest ive found is when i came across a a sign for someone who was showing ryeland (i think) sheep in the royal welsh show. Their farm was called Hendre Bryn Caffo but that would have been a reference to saint Caffo (or Gaffo maybe) according to someone who did a bit of research for me because it was in the Llangaffo (iirc) area. So im still none the wiser what Cyffo means and neither are you after my lengthy and pointless explaination

It's interesting, though.

 

[Red Fred]

A slang is an old name for a field which is usually a long field next to a river, or a boggy long field.

We have a piece of meadow called "The Sling" and that fits the bill too, being a long piece by the river

 

[Red Fred]

Farm we do work on has one called "Murder Field", no one knows why it got its name though...

Might be worth a lok in the Brit Newspaper Archive to see if there ever was a murder there.

 

[john432]

I thought the word cyffio , was north walien for fighting? Cyffylog is a type of bird.

 

[Red Fred]

Since welsh was spoken all over england and southern scotland, rather a big bit got nicked.
Plenty welsh place names in scotland.

The big features here still have Celtic names, I imagine a Saxon asking a local "What do you call that?" and being told "Afon...(you German+++++!)" so it became the River River. Same with our stream by the house, the Lin Brook.

 

[hendrebc]

I thought the word cyffio , was north walien for fighting? Cyffylog is a type of bird.

Depends where in north wales you are. It could be fighting, cyffro could be exitement, cyffio could be chafing or rubbing or going stiff too. Probably a few other things too. Fighting could make sense there was an old motte and bailey wooden castle the other side of the stream on the bottom of the hill so maybe there was fighting there at some point.

 

[organicguy]

We have a part field called Hangman,s Elm, there was a big elm tree there, but in the 1920s I have field records showing it as Honeymans Helm, I think DEFRA got to that one early.

 

[Old Boar]

The Nimmings, we have no idea what it means but think it could be connected with a church. Why? I don't know it was something I was told.

Nimmings is a very old world for theft. Maybe the field was church property and someone grazed it and pinched it?

 

[haulmblower]

That's brilliant, thank you so much.