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.

Pound

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • Pound 1840 GrimsMap
  • del Pund 1272 Ass
  • le Comyn pounde 1521 GrimsCBi
  • Common pound 1703 GrimsCLeet 1732 1789 GrimsCBxiv

Etymology

Pound (lost), Pound 1840GrimsMap , del Pund 1272Ass (p), le Comyn pounde 1521GrimsCB i , Common pound 1703GrimsCLeet , 1732ib xi , 1789GrimsCB xiv , v. pund ; it is shown on 1840GrimsMap at the south end of Wellowgate. Cf. The Fold supra .