Field Names of Lighthorne

Barn Furlong/ Ground: NTR (21) (41) (54) (210) (225). These fields were named at enclosure and form part of Henbrook, Chadshunt and Briar Furlong & other systems.

Bath Copse: NTR (221) See Pipers Bath Copse.

Bath Field: NTR (222) Modern name. Part of Pipers Bath field complex.

Bath Hill: NTR (214) Was Horse Close. The field where Pipers Bath houses are.

Big Ground: NTR (70) (71) The modern name for a major part of the Great Field.

Big Meadow: NTR (45) Self-explanatory. Earlier known as Homeward Longlands.

Bishops Gorse: NTR (27) A modern name, after a tenant of Bishops Farm in the 19^th Century.

Blakes: () No known location. No suggestions as to meaning. May be a personal name.

Bone Hill: NTR. (212) See Bunnel entry.

Bottom Brook: NTR (157) This field lies next to the Chesterton road where the small brook crosses the road.

Briary Ground: NTR (210) Called Long Hundred and Barn Furlong at enclosure. Descriptive name.

Broad Hades Meadow: NTR (57) From OE ‘heafod’, the strip of land or headland at the end of the furrow where the plough turns. This is ‘Broad Headland Meadow’ and lies beside Newbould barn.

Bramson: ( Bremson Hole 1586, Bremson & Brimson 1616, Bremson Hole 1714 & Bramson Enc.) includes (261) Hither Bramson and (257) Bramson Hill) From ‘Bram’ a bramble. This was the bramble covered hill.

Bretch: ("on the bretch" 1714) Includes (62) Little Braick and (61)Great Branch Braick & (190) (191) Brake ground. Bretch is from ‘Bre/ac’, land newly taken into cultivation, often from bracken covered land. This name is referred to in the Terriers as "on the Bretch" rather than as an enclosed field.

Briar Furlong: ( Ouer & neyther Bryerforlonge 1586, ouer & nether brierre Furlong 1616, Ouer & Lower Brierfurlong 1714.) (200) Briar Furlong, (204) Over Briar Furlong (207) Lower Briar Furlong. Self explanatory.

Brick Kiln Ground: NTR (9) Self explanatory. Became Verney’s Gorse and now under the Rover test track.

Bunnel: NTR (212) Was originally ‘Bone Hill’, which lay in the old field system known as ‘Mustowe’. Probably referred to the finding of bones there, if ‘Mustowe’ was the meeting place, this would have been by a burial place.

Burnt Ground: NTR (54) (70) (211) (219) Parts of the old field system were burnt off to improve fertility after enclosure. These two patches formed part of Briar Furlong & Great Field respectively.

Calves Close: NTR (199). Self-explanatory.

Catsbrain: (Cattsbrain 1561, Cattesbrayne 1586, Cattsbraine Furlonge 1616, Cattsbrayne 1714, Cats brain Enc.) (140) This field name is quite common in the WM. It is thought to refer to a rough type of soil and is therefore descriptive. As the field is common to many parishes in Warwickshire, there may be a relationship with the barbaric custom of whipping a cat to death in a barrel on commencement of the years ploughing which was practised in this area until quite recently. There were similar customs with Cockerels at Haymaking. The field is now quarried out. See Warwickshire folk lore.

Caudle Hill: (Caudelhyll 1586, Caldewell Hyll1616, Caudle Hill 1714 & Enc.) (7) Probably from Cold well hill, but possibly from M.E. Caudle or to strangle or hang, giving Hanging Hill. A pre-Anglo Saxon possibility is Caer Lug, or Lug’s Hill, after the Oak King.

Chadshunt Brook: (Sheting Chadson Brook 1558, Chadson Broke 1586, Chadson Brooke Furlong 1616, Chadshunt Broke 1714, Chadshunt Brook Enc.) (11) (14) (15) (16) This was a large field divided at enclosure, near Bishops Gorse Farm, between the Slade Meadow & the Chadshunt Brook, from which it takes its name, (Ceadeles Funta or Chads Spring)

Cherry Pool: NTR (120) Probably adjacent to a cherry tree or trees. This is the small field behind Church Hill Farm.

Chesterton Hill: (165) Locative name. Actual location uncertain but probably Wood Furlong.

Cinquefoil: See Sainfoin.

Close Ploughing: NTR (131) Originally Townsides. Locational name.

Coppice: NTR (72) (117) (229) (230) (231) Meadow, Hill. Enclosures next to the coppice.

Copthorne: (Thorney Doole 1586, Coppthorne Furlong 1616, Copthorne 1714 & Enc).(163) Either ‘Hill Corner’ from ‘Copp’ raised ground, ‘Hyrne’ a corner or nook, or Copp Thorns, a thorn covered mound. This field is at the top of Chesterton Hill by Hill Farm. See Roman Lighthorne.

Cross Stones: ("on ye stones" 1586, stone furlong 1616, Long Stones 1714, Cross Stones Enc. Lane Ground 1930’s)(142) Now quarried out, this is a descriptive name for the land.

Cow Pasture: NTR (159) Self-explanatory. This field was later called Tansy Hill

Dairy Ground: NTR (49) Self-explanatory. Earlier known as Longlands West.

Deadquene: NTR. 1557, Nominated in Alis Reynolds will. No known location. May be Quinsey Hill, now Tansey Hill.

East & West Furlong: (East & West 1586, Easte & Weaste furlonge & Neyther Easte & Weste 1616, Upper East & West & Lower East & West 1714) () () East & West and Nether East & West. No known location but possibly by Redlands Farm. Probably refers to the lie of the ridges.

Fish Pool Hill: NTR (229) Was Coppice Hill at enclosure.

Fish Pool Meadow: NTR (183) Below Church Hill Farm. Self-explanatory.

Flakeland: May be from Flaxbutts 1586,1616 & 1714 or Blakes1616 &1714. (155)

Flaxbutts: (Flax Pitts 1561 Alan Townsend will) No known location. May be the same as Blakes or Flakeland. Probably related to the production of flax on the field Butts as a secondary crop or the retting pitts for flax. If the retting pits, the location would be near a stream. This would make flakeland a strong possibility.

Fletchers Piece: NTR (Fletchers Ground Enc.)(11) Now under the Rover testing grounds. Fletcher was a minor landowner in Lighthorne and Chadshunt.

Ford Place/Field/Piece: ("into ye forde" 1586, Forde Furlong 1616, Fordfurlong 1714) (141) (145a) Two fields, one each side of the road to Chesterton where the road crosses the stream.

Forty Acres: NTR (193). Modern name, includes Three Gates field and Parsons Piece.

Further Slade: (Fursyde Slade 1586, Further Slade Furlong 1616, Furside Slade 1714) (13) Slade is low lying wet meadowland, this strip land lay over the Slade Meadow.

Gall: (includes (136) Upper Gall), (138) Lower Gall and Horsebarrells Gall (may be Lower Gall). From old German ‘Galle’ a wet place.

Garden Meadow: NTR (58) Earlier known as a part of Townside. The name reflects a change of usage and is self-explanatory..

Garden Ground: NTR (201) Modern name as above. Was called House ground at enclosure.

Gorbits: (Gorbreade 1586, gorbreede 1616, gorbred 1714, Gorbits Enc.)(25) (186) (187) (includes Hither, Middle & Further Gorbrede). This name is from ‘GARA’ meaning pointed. These fields lie on the south side of the Wellesbourne road and when seen together they form a wedge shape. This would be important to the man who had to plough this plot as successive furrows become shorter.

Gorse Field: NTR (206) Modern name. Self-explanatory.

Great Field: NTR(70) The residual great field is quite small. The pre enclosure Great field probably covered up to fourteen enclosed fields. Located each side of the Moreton Morrell road.

Great Mill Field: NTR (148) This is the hilly field on the north side of the village behind the Old Rectory. There was a Windmill sited there at one time.

Great Mill Furlong: (Myllfurlonge 1586, Milnefurlonge 1616, Millfurlong 1714, Great Mill Furlong Enc.) (204). The site of the southern mill. See Little Mill Furlong.

Greylands: (Greylande 1586 & 1616, Graylande next the mear 1714, Graylands Enc. (168) Soil descriptive name, location uncertain but probably beside Mixt Lands which would have Redlands on one side and Graylands on the other, which would indicate the field now known as Hill Foot.

Hail Ground: (Halefurlonge 1586, 1616, Hale 1714) (8) Hail or Hale is difficult stony ground.

Hail Meadow: NTR (22). Hail or Hale is difficult stony ground. Later called Little Close.

Hail Meadow, The ground above: (19) This field is thought to have been Myddelforlonge

Hall Ploughing: NTR (141) Modern Name. Meaning unknown, may be a personal name.

Ham Meadow: NTR (includes (233) (234) Lower, (232) Middle and (230) Upper Ham (236) Meadow). ME ‘hamm’ an enclosure in the bend of a river. These fields lie beside the Tachbrook.

Hand Gore: (Handegore 1586, Hande goare Furlonge 1616, Hand Gore Enc.) (215 ) Meaning unclear. Means pointed ‘ gore’ from ‘GARA’. The meaning of ‘Hand’ is not known.

Harts Hill: NTR (216) Little Harts Hill (217) Big Harts Hill. This may be a personal name although I have not come across any record as yet. Alternatively it may refer to deer having been caught or lived there at some time.

Hauxland: () (Hauxland 1586, Hawkes Lowe 1616, Hoxland 1714 Site unknown at present. Probably from ‘Hoc’, possibly (169) Ground next Broad Sutch or (161)(162) ‘Pot Hook Moor’

Henbrook: (Howbroke 1586, Hoowbrooke 1616, Howbrooke 1714 Henbrook Enc. Howbroke) A series of seven fields (2) Further, (3) Middle (7) Hither (8) Lower and (1) (6) (76) H. Meadow. Four are under Lighthorne Heath or Rover test track. along the original Howbrook and two over the B4100.

Hill Foot: NTR (168) A small Field at the foot of Chesterton Hill where the Farm Services now are, taking about half the original area. Self-explanatory. This may also be the location of the lost Greenland from Terrier references, deduced from location.

Hill,up ye: (up ye hyll 1586, up the hill 1714) () Location not certain but certainly against Chesterton Hill from Terrier references. Probably Wood Hill today.

Hill Side: NTR (224) Self-explanatory.

Hither Lower Ground: NTR (182) Self-explanatory. Now with Middle Lower End.

Hither Slade Furlong: Sladeforlonge 1586, Neyrerre slade Furlong 1616, Slade Furlong 1714 & Enc.) (35) Slade is low-lying wet meadowland. This furlong lay on the village side of (32) Slade Meadow.

Home Close: NTR (65) Self-explanatory. Was known as Townsides East at enclosure.

Horse Close: NTR (213) (214) Includes upper & Mid Horse Close. The field which includes where Pipers Bath Copse and houses now are.

Horsebarrells: (Horsebarrell 1558, Horsebarrelles 1586, Horse Barrells 1616, Horsebarrells 1714 & Enc.)(159) This field was located alongside the B4100 in the quarried area between Lighthorne and Lighthorne Heath turnings. The meaning, which is first recorded in 1586, may be from the location of water barrels for horses coming up Chesterton Hill. I am not aware of any etymological interpretation.

Horse Pond: NTR (79) A modern name for the field called Hither Mixt lands at enclosure. Presumably the site of a Horse pond.

Horse Pool Ground: NTR (200) Self explanatory. Previously part of Briar Furlong.

House Ground: NTR (80) (195) (201) (202) A common name for a small close of meadowland alongside a farmhouse, usually for holding stock for market or treatment.

Hovel Field: NTR (75) A modern Name. It can be assumed that the field contained a hovel, a dialect name for a cattle shelter. It is possible that this ‘hovel’ was the site of John Roos’s farm after enclosure. The field lay near the fishponds on the path to Lighthorne Heath, now quarried out.

Irish Fallow: NTR (42) Now under Rover test track. Meaning unknown, it is possible that as this field lies next to Brick Kiln Ground that bricks were produced here for the canal system and the field got its name from the place where the ‘navigators’ lived.

Lammcut: () Location unknown so far. Probably from ‘Lamcote’, a sheltered place or lean to for ewes to lamb.

Lane Ground: NTR (142) Modern name, was cross Stones. Now quarried out. Field was beside Chesterton Lane which gave it the title.

Little Close: NTR (59) Self Explanatory.

Little Field: NTR (72) Includes Homeward and (71) Further Little Field. Descriptive name for a separate field adjacent to Dark lane.

Little Mill Field: NTR (126) Although I have found no earlier record, this field was later recorded as Moot Hill. It was probably part of Mill Hill originally.

Little Mill Furlong: (188) Lies by Mill Furlong, adjacent site of the southern Mill. May be the Littlewell Furlong not located from the terriers.

Littlewell Furlong: Lyttelwaye Furlong 1585, Littlewell Furlong 1714) () Location unknown. May be the same as Spring ground.

Lobbington: NTR (72) No early references. Meaning not known, may be a personal name, but may refer to Lobs ‘ing-tun’, making this a very early name. Known as Homeward Little Field at enclosure in 1720.

Lock Meadow: NTR (238) Part of the Glebe land. May be a personal name. No early references.

Longband Furlong: () Location unknown (Longe bande forlonge 1586, lounge banne furlonge 1616, Longbandfurlong 1714)(46) (47) Location unknown. Almost certainly descriptive, see Shortbande Furlong.

Long Hundred. (210) On the North side of Old Westfield Farm. The use of ‘hundred’ for a small close may refer to its original rental being due to the administrative area known as the Hundred.

Longlands: (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) A common name , one set of five Longlands with positional adjectives lie together and probably represent a ‘Field’. The other one is isolated and is probably descriptive of the lie of the furlongs. There is also an (157)Out Longlands, now quarried out, (10)Long Ground now under the Rover test site.

Lower Close: NTR (87) Modern Name. Part of Townsides originally.

Lower Hill: NTR (240) includes the enclosure names of Middle lower ground,Lower Hill end, Lower ground, and one other unamed. Self explanatory. Glebe land.

Marled Piece: NTR (70) Part of the Great Field. Marled piece indicates that marl was spread as an aid to fertility.

Meadow Hole: Meadow Hoole 1616, Meadow Hole 1714 & Enc.) () Location unknown.

Meer Meadow: NTR (236) Meadow on the border , from OE Mearc, this field adjoins the Fosse and is on the parish boundary.

Middle Furlong: (Myddelforlonge 1586, Middle Furlounge1616, Middle Furlonge 1714)Terrier name whose location is not certain. Believed to be (19) Ground above Hail Meadow

Middle Lower End: NTR (182) Self explanatory, together with Hither Lower Ground.

Mill Furlong: (185) (188) There is a Great and Little Mill Furlong,(south) adjoining one another. The location of the southern Windmill.

Mill Gate Ground: NTR (145) This is the field where Keepers Cottage is now located. It obviously refers to the gate to the Great Mill once located in Great Mill Field ( north) which was accessed by the bridleway.

Mill Hill: (204) (185) Upper and Lower Mill Hill ( south) are adjoining fields. They lie next to Great Mill Furlong and are adjacent to the site of the southern mill.

Mixt Lands: (177) (172) Mixt lands & Hither Mixt Lands lie together between Redcliff and Hill Foot. The name probably refers to a mixture of soil types between the plain and limestone soils.

Moot Hill: NTR (126) No early reference. See Mustowe.(124) Moot Hill is often regard as the name of the meeting place of the Hundred, the Anglo Saxon administrative division used for taxation and military service obligations. As the center of the Tremlau ( three hills) Hundred was probably Wellesbourne, where the Mercian Kings had a royal palace and held Witan (court), why call this field Moot Hill? Also, I have not found any Primary source which indicates this name. All references seem to be from the 19^th century. Primary sources do indicate a field called Mustowe as early as 1586.This is another name for the ‘muster’ field but this is not at Moot Hill but by the Fosse. There is also a tradition that the Moot or rallying place was by the cemetery, which would give some credence to this location. However, there is a field now called Bunnel, originally Bone Hill, in Mustowe, which would indicate that this may be the true "Moot Hill". See Anglo Saxon Lighthorne.

Mustowe ;or Musters (Mustowe 1586,1616 & 1714. Lighthorne Musters in Enclosure Act 1723) () This is part of the old field system which is specifically mentioned in the enclosure Act of Parliament. Location around Lighthorne Rough, the large common field certainly abutted the Fosse. The name Mustowe is generally understood to mean ‘mustering place’, which puts it in conflict with Moot Hill, which would serve a similar function. The tradition is that such meeting places were located at both a high point and a burial ground. High Ground exists at several places along Lighthornes’ border with the Fosse. One of these hills is called (212) Bone Hill, a name which may indicate a burial ground. It is possible that the location of the ‘muster’ changed for some reason at some time leading to two location references. See Anglo Saxon Lighthorne.

Old Borough Field: NTR (69)see Owbery Field.

Owbery Field: NTR (Old Borough Field Enc.) (69) (69a) (73) (74) This field is now divided into two major & some minor parts. Some pre Christian burials, probably ritual, were discovered here during the 19^th Century. The topography of the land , the name and the record indicates that this field was the site of a hill camp settlement, probably Middle iron Age. See Pre Roman Lighthorne. The field is believed to have been part of the village meadow at enclosure.

Paradise: NTR (43) (63) These two identically named fields lie together and adjoin the (62) Bretch. The name Paradise occurs frequently in the Midlands and is possibly Ironic or descriptive in origin. Because of the frequency and repetition of the same name and its location ‘on the Bretch’ I believe the name to be a derivative of Perpesture, land illegally enclosed & subsequently licensed by the Lord of the Manor for a fee.

Park,The NTR (171)This is an apparently late name for the field known earlier as Broad Such. There is some written reference to a park of over 4 acres in Lighthorne, (a park is an enclosure to hold deer), but no location yet discovered. Most histories refer to this Park reference as an error for the well documented Right of Free Warren granted here in the 13^th Century, but it is possible that there was a park and the name survives. See Medieval Lighthorne.

Parsons Piece: (193) This field is now joined with Three Gates Field to form one reference as forty Acre field. Referred to in the Church Terriers as belonging to the Parson rather than the Church Glebe land.

Pear Tree Furlong: NTR (239) Now part of a larger field. A descriptive name.

Pingle: NTR (11) (24) (56) ( ) ( ) ( ) This is a dialect word for a small enclosed field, a typical Pingle would be the ground at the Dark Lane and Church Lane junction. Pingle seems to be dismissive as they rarely have a specific name.

Pipers Bath Copse: NTR (221) Was Part of Spring Ground, named after a Mr. Piper, a local farmer who used to bath in the petrifying waters.

Pool Ground/ Pool Piece: NTR (11) (37) Two fields just beyond Heath Farm. Originally contained a pond. Now partially under the Rover test center.

Pot Hook Moor: (161) (162) The two small fields lying each side of the Chesterton Lane where it meets the B4100. Probably from ‘Hoc’ meaning high.

Prostland. Location unknown, may be priestland , a corruption of Parsons Piece 16.1.30 1721 enclosure.

Quincey Hill: NTR (155) Sometimes Quinsey Hill. This small hilly field lies between Old School Lane and the Lane to Heath Farm. The name may refer to ownership, but I have seen no record of any Quinsey family here. Its raised position between the two lanes may refer to a Quinsey, an archaic expression for an infectious swelling in the throat, but I am not totally convinced.

Rams Close: (69a) Self explanatory.

Redcliffe: ( Readclift 1714) (178) (175 ) Includes Hither Redcliffe). This field lies next to the B4100. The field is in the red soil area. Towards the back of the field it banks sharply. This name probably reflects what may have been literally a red cliff, OE ‘clif’ at some time.

Redlands: (Reddeland 1586, Redlande 1616, Ridland 1714, Red Lands Enc.) (150) Includes Redland Meadow, Little Redland & Great Redland adjacent and (75)Red Lands separate. This name is descriptive of the soil colour. The area known as Red Lands was called New Cover and is now under Lighthorne Heath, the other three near to Redlands farm.

Rickyard Ground: NTR (209) Usage name.

Road Ground: NTR (137) Later called Three Corner ground from the shape. Adjacent to the B4100, now quarried out.

Rocky Ground: NTR(67) (145) (223) Separate fields. Recent names. Known as Cinquefoil Ground and part of Catsbrain at enclosure in 1723.

Rough Brake: NTR ((190) (191) Lighthorne Rough.

Saucy Bridge Ground: NTR (31) (34) Two adjacent areas. Later called Saucestridge Ground. This is an area which lies alongside Slade (wet) meadow where the road to Bishops Gorse Farm crosses the Slade, old maps show this to be an original path to Chadshunt, now blocked by the Rover test track. The ‘Saucy’ is a corruption of ‘Causeway’, indicating that the broad wet meadow was causewayed for access, giving the description of ‘Causeway Bridge Ground’.

Seed Field: NTR (44) Self explanatory. Earlier known as Further Longlands.

Shadwell Corner: (Outmost in Shadwell,1586, Shadwell Furlonge 1616, Shadwells & Long Shadwell 1714, Shadwell Corner Enc.) (185) There are two adjacent fields with the same name at enclosure, indicating they were once one area. Shadwell is a very common name component and comes from Ceadeles - well, similar to Chadshunt..There is also another Shadwell in Moreton Morrell. Ceadeles was a pre Christian water deity.

Sheeps Pen Ground: NTR (218) Modern name, part of Shadwell Corner. Self explanatory.

Shortband Furlong: (Shortbande furlong 1586, Shorte banne furlonge 1616, Shortbandfurlonge 1714,) (48) (49) See also Longband Furlong. Location unknown but possibly two of the duplicated ‘Longland’ names from enclosure as literally, two are short and two are long. The ‘Bande’ may have been corrupted to ‘land’.

Siden Furlong: (239) Now part of a larger field. Meaning unknown, this may be the Terrier reference to Simmons Thornes. Called Suton Furlong at enclosure.

Sainfoin. NTR (128) (129) (130) (132)(141) (223) (226) These are closed meadows set aside for hay production and not used for grazing. Usually small in size there is generally one per farm. Some may be the enclosure fields no longer recorded.

Slade Meadow: NTR (32) (33) Two adjoining fields. Slade is low lying wet meadow land, a description which would have matched this meadow prior to drainage. A very common field name.

Spring Ground: NTR (220) The field where the small spring emerges by Pipers bath. Now partially Pipers Bath Copse. Self explanatory.

Spring Hill: NTR (212) Part of the same field as Bone Hill.

Spurchland: Spurchland 1586, Spirtslowe Furlong 1616, Spurchland 1714) () Location and meaning unknown.

Stone Pit Field: NTR (133) Was called Horsebarrells. Now Quarried out. Self explanatory.

Stoneyforde Gate: (Stoneyforde Yeate 1586) (24) Quite literally ‘the gate to the stoneyford’. This long narrow plot of land is a disused lane to Chadshunt and leads between the Wellesbourne Road and the Chadshunt Brook. The turning is between Bishops Gorse and Hillfields Farm.

Stonland: (1557 Will of John Raynolds) No known location. ProbablyStrongland.

Stronglands: (Strongelande 1586, Straunglande Furlonge 1616, Strongland 1714, Stronglands Enc.), (75) (77) Includes Stronglands, quarried out, and Further Stronglands, partly under Lighthorne Heath. A descriptive name, referring to the heaviness of the soil.

Sutch: (Bredsych 1586, Brodsich Furlounge 1616, Broad Seech 1714, Broad Such Enc. (171) Broad Such & (172) Broad Such Hill ground & (173)Ground next Broad Such (169 ) Hithersuch. Land by a stream.

Suton Furlong: (239) Now part of a larger field. Meaning unknown, this may be the Terrier reference to Simmons Thornes.

Tansy Hill: NTR (159) Originally called Cow pasture. Why the change to Tansy Hill is not known, Tansy may have grown there at some time but it is unusual to name a field after it.

Tarvers Meadow: NTR (57) Earlier a part of Broad Hades Meadow. This is a name from the ownership of the land. Tarver is a widespread local name.

Ten Lands: NTR (171)This small field contained ten lands or ridges. Now part of Broad Sutch.

Three Corner Ground: NTR ( Road Ground Enc.) (137) Refers to the field shape. Now quarried out.

Three Gates Field: NTR (193) The field behind Three Gates Farm. Incorporates Parsons Piece. Now called Forty Acres. Self explanatory.

Townsides: ("buttinge into the towne" 1714) (65) (66) (68)(131) Includes (87) Townsides, north of Old School Lane ( the field recently proposed for five new houses) and East and West Townsides behind the houses on the south side of Old School Lane and Townsides Close. Locational name.

Verney’s Gorse: NTR (9) Used to be Brick Kiln Ground at enclosure, owned by Verney family. Probably waste land run to gorse following the extraction of brick clay. Now under Rover Test track.

Walnut Ground: NTR (66) A modern name. Earlier known as Townsides.

Warlands: (Walforlonge 1586, Walfurlong 1714, Warlands Enc.) (23)(27) (29) (30) (50) A group of fields, all around the gated road from Lighthorne Rough to Bishops Gorse, which is on part of this field. Later called Wharfelands. The meaning is either from Waste-lands or Ware-lands, meaning dwellers lands. These dwellers would have been Bordars, squatters who had the right to domicile in the parish if they could build a dwelling in a day and have smoke up the chimney by dawn. They had to occupy waste or common land and the area of Lighthorne Rough would have fitted this description. (Similarly little houses on Lighthorne Heath)

Warren Hill: (The Warren Enc.)(119) This is the high flat topped field which extends behind the Church. Although ‘right of free warren’ was granted to the De Mundeville family in the 13^th Century, this referred to the right to the animals of the warren, including ‘ye conies’ (rabbits), rather than a specific area dedicated to the raising of rabbits. There may be an alternative origin to the name or it may have been given later because of the presence of rabbits there. See ‘Woodland & Warren in relation to Lighthorne’.

Well Slade: NTR (158) Alongside the Chesterton Road, next to the small paddock at the junction of the B4100 ( Pot Hook Moor). Descriptive of a wet place with a well in it. Now quarried out.

Wilkins Meadow: NTR (242) Ownership name, believed modern, Glebe land.

Wood Furlong: NTR (165) At the top of Chesterton Hill, opposite the wood. This may be the terrier reference to "up ye Hyll" or "butting into the wood".

Wood Hill: NTR (164) At the top of Chesterton Hill, opposite the wood. This may be the terrier reference to "Chesterton Hill" or "Hill End".

Wooland: ()The location of this field mentioned in the Terrier is not certain. The name is possibly from ‘woh’, meaning crooked. This could be an earlier name for the (210) Long Hundred field which is a right angled field