204 p. MAlJfNIXG — PLACE-NAMES AND FIELD-NAMES 



Buck's Bottom, 1854. Probably named after Sir William 

 Buck, who bought "The Grove" estate in 1703 (Cuss., 

 ' Cashio Hund.,' p. 169). 

 (0) Burnt Oak, 1H54. As Mr. Newton Price points out, this tree, 

 which until late years marked the boundary between Oxhey 

 and Pinner, is the successor of the " Small Oak " mentioned 

 in Kinp: Ethelred's Charter of 1007 as even then a well- 

 known boundary -mark (Ox. Ch.). 



Bury Bushes, 1854. This wood skirts Langleybuiy. 



Butcher's Field, 1854. Vide Blacksmith's field. 



Butt Field, 1803. Vide p. 200. 



Callipers Hall, 1854. 



Callow Land. "Callow, the stratum of vegetable earth lying 

 above gravel, sand, etc., which must be removed in order to 

 reach them; East country" (H.P.). In Oxfordshire, top 

 soil of a hungry clayey nature. 

 (0) Calvert's Croft, 1803. 



Camp Field, 1803. Most likely the French champ, a field. 

 It must have this meaning in the compound mwy? -sheathing 

 or c«»?^-shedcling — boarding put up along a river's edge to 

 prevent the bank from being washed away. 



Campion's Field, 1629. 

 (0) Carpenders, 1854. A Richard le Carpenter was concerned in 

 a lawsuit at Bushey in 1374 (Gesta, iii, 229); a deed of 

 1456 mentions a messuage in Watford called Carpenter atte 

 Hill (Reg. Whet., i, 229); and Thomas Carpender, Esq., 

 was buried in Watford Church in 1677. 



Carter's Hill, 1854. A John Carter was married at Watford 

 in 1539 (Register) ; and Richard Carter bought half the 

 Manor of Garston from the Crown in 1544 (Cuss., ' Cashio 

 Hund.,' p. 186). 



Cassiobury or Cashiobury. Vide p. 202. 

 (L) Chalk Dell Field, 1854. Dell comes from the same root 

 as dak. 



Chandler's Cross, 1854. AVilliam Chandler, of St. Albans, was 



juror in an inquisition on certain lands at Rickmansworth 



in 1392 (Cuss., ' Cashio Hund.,' p. 137). 



(L) Charley Field, 1854. A.S. ceorl-leag, churl's meadow; cf. 



Chorleywood near Rickmansworth, often pronounced Charley. 



Chelsea Mead, 1803. A.S. ceoles-ige, keel's (i.e. ship's) isle. 



Cliipperfield. A.S. ceap, cattle. 



Chowing's Field, 1803. 



Church Aite, 1803. Better spelt eyot, A.S. igod, isle; this 

 has belonged to the Church from time out of mind. 



Clamp Field, 1854. "Clamp; a mound of earth lined with 

 straw to keep potatoes, beetroots, or turnips, through the 

 winter; East country" (H.P.). 

 (0) Cobbecroft, 1379 (Gesta, iii, 235). Cob or cop is an Oxford- 

 shire word for a small haystack ; it also means a knoll, 

 e.g. Adwell Cop. Oxfoidsbive. 



