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.

the Poor cl

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • 1822 Terrier 1841 MC

Etymology

the Poor cl 1822, 1841(a close the rent ofwhich went to the support of the village poor, it is still let today ona five-yearly lease)