When William Morris, the founder of Morris Motors and MG cars, became a Viscount, he took the name Lord Nuffield from the village of Nuffield, where he lived. (I took the picture of the vase at Nuffield Place, his old home and now an interesting National Trust property. It is 15 miles from Abingdon.)

Lord Nuffield was known as a great philanthropist. He used his wealth to establish several charitable institutions, including the Nuffield Foundation, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, a hospital in Oxford, and Nuffield College, Oxford.

The name Nuffield is also used in Abingdon. Nuffield Way was begun in 1977 as part of the Ashville Trading Estate and is close to the former MG Car works, which closed in 1980.

The Nuffield Press, previously called the Morris Oxford Press, operated from Nuffield Way between 1994 and 2011.

Nuffield Way has expanded, and there is now also Nuffield Centrum and Nuffield Trade Park.