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.

Powburgh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burgh by Sands

Historical Forms

  • Polleburc 1167–1203 HolmC
  • Polleburgh c.1225,c.1234 HolmC
  • Polburgh 1308,1485 Ipm
  • Powburgh 1601 Survey
  • Powbrough 1704 NicVisit

Etymology

The name survives in Powburgh Beck.poll (v. Poltross Burn supra 23) and burh .