Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ponebury 1333 Ct

• (Hysouth) Pimbury 1345 Rent

• Pumrie 1590 WeyR

• Furlong subtus Pomerie, Pomerye, Pomeries Bushe furlonge 1615 DuCo

• Pumberry Feild 1650 ParlSurv

• the Pombrey 1653 ib

• Pombry 1665 DorR

• Pomery or Poundbury 1774 Hutch1

• Pummery(s) Fd, Pummery Gate Flg, Pummery Rings 1841 TA

• Poundbury Fm (Md) 1877 ib

Etymology

Poundbury (Camp) (SY 682912), Ponebury 1333Ct , (Hysouth ) Pimbury 1345Rent (probably for Punbury ), Pumrie 1590 WeyR, Furlong subtus Pomerie , Pomerye , Pomeries Bushe furlonge 1615DuCo , Pumberry Feild 1650ParlSurv , the Pombrey 1653ib , Pombry 1665 DorR, Pomery or Poundbury 1774 Hutch1, Pummery (s ) Fd , Pummery Gate Flg , Pummery Rings 1841TA , Poundbury Fm (Md )1877ib (alt. app.).The second el. is OE  burh (dat. sg. byrig ), here in the sense 'pre- English earthwork' since Poundbury is an Iron Age hill-fort, v. also hring . The first el. is probably the OE  pers.n. Pūna postulated for Poynings Sx 286, cf. John Pune 1332 SR (Milborne St A.).Hysouth - in 1345 is probably for Bysouth - '(land) to the south of', v. bī , sūðan , but Hy - may represent hēah 'high'.