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Heathfield

Heathfield proper noun: a settlement in Thriplow and Heathfield parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4546).

Proper noun

Heathfield

  1. A settlement in Thriplow and Heathfield parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4546).
  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).
  11. A built-up area in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, between Ayr and Prestwick (OS grid ref NS3523).
  12. A township in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
  13. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Origin of Heathfield

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

Words formed from Heathfield

Questions about Heathfield

What does Heathfield mean?
Heathfield means a settlement in Thriplow and Heathfield parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4546).
What part of speech is Heathfield?
Heathfield is a proper noun.

Words near Heathfield in the dictionary

  1. heathers
  2. Heatherton
  3. Heatherwick
  4. Heatherwicks
  5. heathery
  6. Heathfield
  7. Heathfield and Waldron
  8. heathfowl
  9. heathgrass
  10. heathier
  11. heathiest

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