Pitfield Family History
Pitfield Name Meaning
from any of several places named from Middle English pit ‘hole pit’ + feld ‘open country’ or fold feld ‘pen enclosure’ such as Pitfold in Burton Bradstock (Dorset) Pitfield in Thistleton (Lancs) Pitfield in Ottery Saint Mary (Devon) or Pitfield in Newbiggin (Durham).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016