Wirksworth field names

FIELD NAMES from Wirksworth Parish Taken from "The Placenames of Derbyshire" Part II page 418-419

Modern field names recorded in Enclosure Awards etc post 1750

Alcove Piece Allens Croft* Allotment AnnField Meadow Appletreee Piece Ash Piece* Aspins* Bacl o'th'Green* Ball Close* Bank Close and Mine Bar Acre* Barbadoes* Barley Acre and Flatt Barn Close* Bartons Land Basford Close, .....Meadow and Pingle Bath Close Beeks Croft Bennetts Dowry Big Close Blackshaw Field Blackwell Croft* Booth Close* Bott Close Bottoms* Bradshaw Close* Bradstones* Breck Breech Brick Kiln Close Brighton Pingle The Broad Meadow Browns Meadow Brunswood Bull Close Burley Flatt Cadman Car and Pingle Calledge Close Calton Close Calvers Croft Carrs Chalinor Close Cheatle Ridge Clay Flatt Closes Head Cloven Piece Coal Pit Close Corn Close Cottage Close Cow Close Cox Close Crabtree Close Cream Acre Sitch Crimble Carr Critchlow Pingle Croft Crown Lands Curtis Pingle Daisy Close Dale Close Dock Close Dumbalks Far Close Fir Close Fish Pond Flat Five Acres Flaxland Meadow Flint Close Fore Piece Four Lane Ends Close Garden Close Gents Close Godber Close Goodluck Close Gorsey Leys Gratton Close Great Close Greenhough Close Green Yard Hanging Close Hannage Harvey Edge Hatchen Croft Hatchett Close Hay Bottam Heeley croft Higgot Close High Stile Close Hill Side Holling Walls Hollow Close Holy Close and Land Homestead Close Horse Close Hudson Close Hunger Hill Hunters Close Improved Bit Intake Close Jackamoor Field Jacksons Piece Jewloes Jones Croft Kiln Acre Kitchen Leys Knowles Lady Croft Land Langley Meadow Late Shaws Latham Close Leyfield Leys Lime Kiln Close Lime Piece Logs Wood Long Close Long Flats Lydia Flats Margery Marl Close and Meadows Martin Ash Greene Mather Close Meadow Mellors Land Middle Close Milking Piece Mill Meadow Mine Hillock Mount Skip Nash Close Near Close Neek Close Nether Close New Close Nine Ashes Nursery Piece Old Dam Open Piece Over Close Ox Close Paddock Park Pasture Pearsons Patch Pen Close Perkins Pingle Pillow Butts Pin Flatts Pingle Pingle Thorn Pools Close Poor Pingle Potters Yard Poyser Close Ridding Rirley Croft Rocky Close Roger Pingle Rope Close Rough Round Flatt Rushy Meadow Ryefield Salt Seats Saw Pit Close Seeded Close Seven Lands Shaw Close Shirley Close Short Butts Shoulder of Mutton Slate Pit Close Smedley Close Smelting Mill Piece Smith Ridding Solmes Spring Square Close Statfield Stephen Croft Sterndale Close and Land Stone Close Stony Butts Stubbing Stubble Close Sugar Loaf Swaines Meadow Tatlow Thistley Close Timber Hill Top Pingle Triangular Piece Trough Acre Upper Ridge Wall Close Water Close Watering Place Weeding Close Wefsons Lot Well Croft Wheat Close Wheatcroft Close White Close Wigley Croft Williams Croft Willow Lands Willow Pingle Winfield Close Wood Close Woolley Pasture Wraggs Croft

Unidentified minor names from earlier documents

Abbotseswell Adam Karr(e) Yate Allerwall Arundel House Banelondhil Bannokhill the Barkhowse Beardingslowe Beighton Closes Bishop butts Blacksitche Feild Boblocke farm Boghefeld Bowfeldes le Boreoxeyeong le Brefeld Brey Feildes Brerefurlong le Brodegor Bromforth Fields Bye Rakes Canonemede Cowce flatte Cawscarre Chewlowes Chewlawyes the Comon Muddinge Conghen Flattes Conghen Pingle Coteflat Cote feild gapp Creuwles Crocket Acre (Atte) Cros (iuxta) Crucem Daudredynge Dernewalsicheside the Douegang the Dove nest Echyn(g)legh Hutchen leas Edge Edsisale Edersall Elme Barne Fawnmeadow Fawne Meydowe Feliceparrok Ferineleg Fiskerhegges les Flattes le Fletlondis le Fouleside Foxcatcher Close Fullbeck Garland pingle Gaskyn Crofte Gibcroft Gill Crosse Leas Gill Crosse Gilriddyng Gylrydding Gill Riddinge Godeacr'medowe Grenefeld Greve the Grime Pitt lapides vocat' Grindstones lapid' voc' Grimstones Hardacr' Harry(e)halfe Acre le Hayfeld Henlowe Henlowe(s) Henristal le Heynynges Highlow furlong Hoddesley le Hole The Hole Hollandfeld Hulley Meadowe Holland Meadowe le Holm(e) les Holmes Ikelwall le Kirkeway le Kirkyerdsyde le Kyrkstyle Lankynyerd Leadway Mill Lightcliffe meadow Lightles Lightlesse Longlowe Longrenepeche Longrenpiche Lyghthull Liythill Lighthills Lane Lylly Croft Lymepitt Closes the Maidenesgroue the Mean(e) Groue Milkem Botham Myddlehyll Newbridg North(e)feld(e) Oldcroft Oldcroftes the Olde Pynefolde The Orcharde Flatt Osburnewallesiche the Overfeild the Pale Prestreddyng Quenildhac Reake Richemund Land Richmonds manor Rode Rollesley leiz Rueryat Rycroft Shorte Acre Silke hill Smalsiche Sontpitts Sondpyttes Stepul cross Stepulyerd Syndyngwall the Talbot Tenter yarde Thombridge Heym Thoppeshegh' Tithills Torne meadow Watlandes Weltfeild Wereford Whassemeydow Washemedow the Whitehouse White Meare Whyte Meere Whytebeck Whitebecke Wildeyerd Willymot Crofte Wodesetes Wodsett Woodsetz Wormestall Worsley Wyardestre Wyvardestre

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