Rotherfield

English

Etymology

'Open land of the cattle', from Middle English Ridrefelda, from Old English Hrȳþeranfeld, from hrīþer (“cattle”), genitive plural hrȳþera + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Rotherfield

  1. A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5529).

References

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