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.

Pomphlett

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plymstock

Historical Forms

  • Ponnaflute 1330 SR
  • Ponneflut 1333 SR

Etymology

The first element may be the OE  pers. name Pun (n )a , which is found in Poynings (PN Sx 286), but the forms are too late for any certainty. The second element is fleot, referring to the tidal creek here which opens into the Cattewater.

Places in the same Parish