Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pontone 1086 DB

• Pulton 1154–89 Orm2 1666 Plea l12 Chest 1331 JRC e13 1592

• Pulton Launcelin E1 AddCh 1539–47 Dugd

• Pulton Law(n)son 1522 Sheaf

• Pulton Lancelett 1626 ib

• Poultona 1260–80 JRC

• Poulton 1624 ChRR

• Poulton Hall 1819 Orm2

• Poulton Launcelin 1315 Plea

• Poulton Lawncellame 1534 Chol

• Poulton Launcelyn 1624 ChRR

• Poulton Lancelyn 1831 Bry

• Poltona 1270–83 Chest

• Polton c.1280,c.1283 ib

• Pulleton 1340–41 Orm2

• Powton Launcelott 1547 MinAcct

• Powton Launcelett 1560 Sheaf

• Powton 1577 ChRR 1614 Orm2

• Pooton, or Poolton,…distinguished by the name of Lancelot 1621 Orm2 1656

• Poolton 1621 Orm2 1656 TAMap75 1840

• Poolton Hall 1842 OS

Etymology

'Farm by a pool or creek', v. pōl 1 , pull , tūn , cf. Bromborough Pool 241supra , Dibbinsdale Brook infra . The manorial suffix is the surname, occasionally confused with the ME  (OFr ) pers.n. Lancelot , of the Lancelyn family, lords of this manor 12th to 16th centuries, whose castle was at Poulton Hall, v. Orm2 ii440. Poulton Hey and Royd (v. (ge)hæg, rod 1 ) appear to be modern names; the latter is certainly not a local dialect form. v. Addenda.