
Northfields is a new district name preserving the old field-name Northfield which is self-explanatory, being recorded in 1455.
The station was opened as NORTHFIELD HALT on 16 April 1908; re-named NORTHFIELDS & LITTLE EALING 11 December 1911; re-sited as NORTHFIELDS, east of the old site, on 19 May 1932.
Northfields station when still part of the District Railway and before rebuilding.