Pulloxhill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pulloxhill
Historical Forms
- Polochessele 1086 DB
- Pollokeshill 1205 FF 1287 Ass
- Pollukeshull 1214 Abbr
- Pulocheshella Hy3 Ch 1315
- Bulluckeshulle 1227 Ass
- Pollokeshull 1228,1236 FF 1276,1287 Ass 1297 SR 1337 Ipm
- Pullokeshull 1242 Fees890 1260,1270 FF 1286 Dunst 1313 BM 1323 Ch 1337 Ipm 1346 FA 1390–2 CS
- Bolokeshill 1276 Ass
- Pullukeshull 1286 Dunst
- Poleshill 1287 Ass
- Pullokeshill 1287 Ass
- Pollekeshull 1337 Ipm
- Pollexhulle, Polloxhulle 1428 FA
- Polluxhull 1526 LS
- Poloxhill 1577 ADiii
- Pullockshill Eliz ChancP
Etymology
One cannot get further with this name than Skeat's suggestion that the first element is a lost pers. name Pulloc , closely allied to ModE Pollock . The Pollok - forms may indeed contain that name or it may be that they are originally Anglo-Norman spellings with o for u , which for a time affected the pronunciation. Hence, 'Pulloc's hill,' v. hyll . Cf. Poulston (D), DB Polochestona .