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.

the Powfielde

Field in the Parish of Burton

Historical Forms

  • the Powfielde 1592 JRC

Etymology

the Powfielde 1592(perhaps'hill-top field', from polle, or'pool field', from pōl1).