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.

Poulston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halwell

Historical Forms

  • Polochestona 1086 DB
  • Pollekest(h)on' 1242 Fees765,776
  • Pollokiston 1341 Ipm
  • Pulkeston 1422 Ass
  • Pulkeston oth. Pulson 1740 Recov

Etymology

'Polloc 's farm,' tun. For the pers. name, v. PN BedsHu 160. Cf. also Pulsford infra 525 and the surname (de) Pollokesfenne 1333SR (Newton Ferrers).