Fifield, Oxfordshire

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This article is about Fifield in West Oxfordshire. For the similarly named village in the Vale of White Horse District, formerly in Berkshire, please see Fyfield, Oxfordshire.

Coordinates: 51°52′12″N 1°39′18″W / 51.870°N 1.655°W / 51.870; -1.655

Fifield
Fifield church.jpg
Parish church of St. John the Baptist
Fifield is located in Oxfordshire
Fifield

 Fifield shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SP2318
Civil parish Fifield
District West Oxfordshire
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district OX7
Dialling code 01993
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Witney
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Fifield is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford in Oxfordshire.

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[edit] History

The toponymy is probably a transliteration of its Old English name of Fifhides.[1]

'Fifhides is in the Domesday Book' [2].

Fifield is mentioned in the Domesday book. In 1086 it says

"Henry de Ferrers holds Fifield[3]. There are five hides. Land for seven ploughs. Now in demesne 2 ploughs and 4 slaves and 9 villans with 4 bordars have 5 ploughs. There are 24 acres of meadow. Pasture one league in length and one breadth. It was and is worth 100 shillings."[4].

A hide was a holding sufficient to support one family (which would include the parents, children, possibly an aged relative, and all servants) and varied in size between about 60 acres (24 ha) and about 120 acres (49 ha), depending upon the fertility of the land and its location.

Houses in Fifield

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation, 2003, page 1345
  2. ^ Line drawing from Historic Byways and Highways of Old England, Andrew Williams, 1900
  3. ^ Henry de Ferrers held a considerable number of manors given to him by the King including several in Oxfordshire . These included obviously Fifield, but also Dean, Chastleton, Badgemore and Sibford
  4. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation, 2003, page 433

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