Heathfield

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Heathfield

  1. A number of places in England:
    1. A settlement in Thriplow and Heathfield parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4546). [1]
    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).
  2. A built-up area in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, between Ayr and Prestwick (OS grid ref NS3523).
  3. A township in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
  4. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

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