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.

Pullabrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bovey Tracy

Historical Forms

  • Polebroc 1086 DB
  • Polebrok 1333 SR
  • Pollebrok 1330 SR

Etymology

name Polla rather than the OE  pol, 'pool.' Cf. Pulborough PN Sx 152.