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.

Povert Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Haselbury Bryan

Historical Forms

  • Poford Bridge 1698 Bundy

Etymology

, Poford Bridge 1698Bundy , Povard [ bridge ] 1791 Boswell , cf. Poford Lane , Poford Mead 1607DROMap , Povert 1838TA , v. ford ; Professor Löfvenberg suggests that the first el . may be ME  po ' pea-fowl ' and compares Pow Fd Hrt 281 .