212 WATI*0IID PLACE-NAMES AND FIELD-NAMES. 



(0) Stocked Field, 1854. To " stock" is to grub up trees by the 



roots. 

 Tane's Mead, 1803. Jesse Tain, of Watford, was married at 



Busbey in 1697 (Register). 

 (0) Thorpe's Mead, 1854. 

 Thrale's Field, 1803. 

 Thrums, 1854. Icelandic throme, edge ; Norwegian trumm, 



edge ; German trumm, stump, end ; hence " Thrums " 



probably means rough, broken ground. 

 Tithe Acre, 1803. 

 Tolpits, 1877; Tolput, 1803; Twopits, 1822. The name 



occurs in 1364 as Tolpade (Cuss., ' Cashio Hund.,' p. 137). 



Yidep. 201. 

 Tom's Hill, 1854. 

 Tooley's Land, 1583. 

 (O) Turner's Ley, 1854. 

 Vow Field, 1854. 

 Ward's Field, 1803. 

 "Ware Field, 1803. This is probably a mere variation in 



the spelling of "weir." 

 Watson's Mead, 1803. 

 (Home) Weathers, 1803. 

 (0) Welpley's, 1854. Thos. and Anne Whelpley, parties to deed 



concerning lands at Oxhey, 1521 (H.G., i, 83). 

 (L) Wheeler's Field, 1854. A John Wheolare, of Watford, is 



mentioned in a plea of 1384 (Gesta, iii, 239). 

 Whippendell. The name occurs as Whippeden in 1364 



(Gesta, iii, 117); cf. Whipping Spring at ilickmansworth. 

 White's Close, 1854. 

 White way Field, 1854. 

 Whitman's Croft, 1803. 

 Whitmore Green, 1822. 

 (0) Wiggenhall. Whithynhalle in 1374; Wygenhale in 1380; 



Whythgynhall in 1538. Probably, as the River Colne is 



close by, from A.S. withig, withigan, the hall of the withy 



or willow. 

 Winch Field, 1854. A.S. wincel, a corner; cf. %vinkle, the 



twisted shell. A Gilbert atte Wynche was juror in an 



inquisition in the adjoining parish of Little Langley in 1329 



(Gesta, ii, 273). 

 Woolmer's Field, 1854. 

 (First) Worthies, 1803. "Worth; a nook of land, generally 



lying between two rivers " (H.P.) ; from A.S. weorthig, 



estate. 



