Haughfield

Other spellings: Haugh Field, Hawfield, Hawefield

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Location
   1. 1815 Survey
   2. 1843 Tithe Map
3. Origin of the name
   1. Haughfield
   2. Hawfield
   3. Halffield
4. Navigation

Introduction

There are many references to the Haughfield in the records of the Manorial Courts, with it being used to identify plots of land within the Haughfield, or adjacent to it.

Location

1815 Survey

The 1815 survey has several references to Haughfield which are fortunately identified on an accompanying map.

Map reference	Description	Acres	Roods	Perches
306	Allotment in Haugh Field	1	1	34
266	Haugh Field	2	3	1
272	Haugh Field	2	0	14
273	Haugh Field	4	1	24
274	Haugh Field	3	3	18
275	Haugh Field	2	0	12
276	Haugh Field	2	2	23

Reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of Canterbury; their ref 183720-17

1843 Tithe Map

Map Reference	Description	Acres	Roods	Perches
339	Haughs field	4	3	6
341	Haugh field	3	1	28
342	Haugh Field Lane piece	3	3	36
343	Haugh field pightle	2	0	10
344	Further haugh field pightle	2	2	6

All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original; their ref is NRO DN/TA 743

Origin of the name

The parallel existence of the names Hawfield and Haughfield is as yet unexplained, although the way in which a property definition is handed down from generation to generation without review could mean that a single error has been perpetuated in that tradition.

Haughfield

In Scotland and northern England, Haugh referred to a low-lying meadow by the side of a river, which is not applicable to the land defined above. The word “Haugh” is derived from the Old English word healh which meant primarily a “corner,” “nook,” “recess,” or a “hidden, remote place”. This would be appropriate to the area known as Haughfield which is on the Gt. Ellingham boundary, right on the edge of Deopham.

Hawfield

Haw has its origins in the meanings hedge, hawthorn, enclosure. The meaning of Deopham’s Hawfield could therefore have been “a field marked by hawthorn” or “an enclosed field”.

Halffield

This may be an evolution of the healh discussed above, but equally probable is that it evolved from Haughfield with influence from the pub on the corner of Haughfield Lane being called the Half Moon.

Navigation

Date	Change
31/5/26	Published