Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pulhou(e) 1252 FF 1279 Ass20d 1291 Ipm 1308 ChancM

• Pulhawe 1292 Ass1

• Pulhow(e) c.1300,1335 Lowth

• Pollow 1279 Ass25d

• Poulhou 1284 Misc

• Poullou c.1290 Lowth

• bridge called Poulow 1732 NWm

• Pullou, Pullau 1292 Ass37d,38

• Pullowe 1379 NWm

• Pullo 1493–1500 ECP

• Pulley 1549 MinAcct 1578 Kendi,333

• Powley 1573 Comm 1583 FF 1714 PR(Ask)

• Powley Bridge 1671 Fleming 1763 NWm

• Pole towne 1577 Harrison

• Poley 1668 PR

• Pooley 1672 NWm 1823 M

• Pooley Bridge 1793 WestM

Etymology

'Hill with a pool', v. pōl , haugr ; the pool may have been one in the Eamont below the bridge at the foot of Ullswater.