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.

Poyle Ho and Park and Poylehill Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Seale

Historical Forms

  • farm of Poyle 1580 Moulton
  • matter de Poyley 1580 Recov
  • Poyle 1610 Speed
  • Poylehyll t.Jas1 MinAcct

Etymology

Poyle Ho and Park and Poylehill Ho are farm of Poyle 1580 Moulton, matter de Poyley 1580Recov , Poyle 1610 Speed, Poylehyll t. Jas 1MinAcct , taking name from the family of (de) la Poille , Puyle , Puilly , which held the manor of Tongham from 1299 (Ipm).