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.
Survey of English place-names
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Pulham
Pulham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Twitchen
Historical Forms
Polham
1086
DB
1235
FF
1378
IpmR
Poleham
1303
FA
Etymology
'
Ham
(
m
) by the pool,'
v.
pol
.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Whitcott
Blindwell
Burch
Kerswell
Marledge
Sundercombe
Early-attested site
Bickingcott
Praunsley
Pulsworthy
Major Settlement
Twitchen