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.

Polesworth

Other OS name in the Parish of Gnosall

Etymology

, cf. Polesworth Meadow 1839TA , perhaps like Polesworth Wa , ' the enclosure by the hill ' , v. polle , worð , cf. Wa 21 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement