Felstead Family History
Felstead Name Meaning
from Felsted (Essex) which is recorded as Feldestede in 1082 Felstede in 1086 and Feltsted in 1238. The place-name apparently means ‘site in open country’ deriving from Old English feld ‘open country field’ + stede ‘place site’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016