Westfield en · PROPN
Etymology
From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld. The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ The former name of a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, now named Camillo.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in Canada ▸ A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in Canada ▸ A former village, now part of the Grand Bay-Westfield suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in Canada ▸ A community in Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A suburb of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex.
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(countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ A hamlet in Hawling parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0821).
With regard to the station at Notgrove, it was finally decided that this should be situated beside the old Bourton-Cheltenham Road near the hamlet of Westfield.
1955 August, J. Spencer Gilks, “The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 524:
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ A former civil parish of Norfolk, now part of Whinburgh and Westfield.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ An area in the town of Redcar, North Yorkshire.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ An area within Acomb, a suburb of York, North Yorkshire.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ A suburban village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6754).
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4381).
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in England ▸ An area of Woking borough, Surrey.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in Scotland ▸ An area in the town of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in Scotland ▸ A village in Caithness, Highland council area.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A number of places in Scotland ▸ A small village in Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area (OS grid ref NS9372).
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and village therein, in Clark County, Illinois.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Hamilton County, Indiana.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A tiny city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Union County, New Jersey.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former town in Richmond County, New York, now part of the borough of Staten Island.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Surry County and Stokes County, North Carolina.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Orleans County, Vermont.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
- (countable, uncountable) A common placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Westfield Township.
- (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfields | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Field · Eastfield · Northfield · Southfield