English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Pulmore Water

Early-attested site in the Parish of Codicote

Etymology

Pulmore Water (6″). Cf. Poleford t. Ed 1Stowe , Pulfordfeld 1433Cassio , Pulver mead 1636Add , c. 1840TA . 'Ford by the pool,' with reference to some pool in the Mimram. ford was reduced to ver and this changed to mer (more ) through popular etymology.