Little Atherfield is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is near the coast in the Back of the Wight. The Isle of Wight is situated off the south coast of England.
Little Atherfield is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is near the coast in the Back of the Wight. The Isle of Wight is situated off the south coast of England.
The name means 'the open land belonging to the family or followers of a man called Ēadhere or Æthelhere', from Old English Ēadhere or Æthelhere (personal name), -inga- and feld. The 1086 spelling shows the Norman influence on the name.
959 (in a copy from ~1300): Aderingefelda
1086 (Domesday Book): Avrefel, Egrafel
1205: Atherefeld
1248: Adherfeld
1287: Atherfeld [1]
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