Pucklechurch
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pucklechurch
Historical Forms
- æt Puclancyrcan 946 ASC c.1016
- Pucelancyrcan 950 BCS887
- Pukelescirce(an) 940,954(13) WMG
- Pvlcrecerce 1086 DB
- Popelicerca (sic) 1130 P
- Poc(e)lekirche, Pok(e)lekirche, Pok(e)lechirch(e), Pok(e)lechurch(e) 1167 P 1276 RH 1278 Cl 1287 Ass c.1560 Surv
- Poclichurch 1278 Pat
- Pokeleschirch, Pokeleschyrch, Pokelescherch 12 Monast 1248 Ass 1275 RH
- Pukeleschurch, Pukelescherche 1168 Monast 1176 P 1227–1229,1257,1324 Ch
- Puchelescherche 1187 P
- Pukelischirch 1221 Ass
- Pukelecherche, Pukelechirch(a) 1185 P 1189 GlastonInq 1199 P 1248 Pat 1259 Abbr
- Pukelichirch 1284 Ch
- Pouc(k)lechur(i)ch 1285 RBBr 1580 Asht
- Pokelchurch, Pokelchirche, Pokelchyrche 1291 Tax c.1300 RGl 1445 FF
- Pokilchyrch, Pokilchurche 1427 Pat 1487 Ipm
- Poculchurch(e), Pokulchurch(e) 1431,1435 Pat 1459 MinAcct 1548 Pat
- Pukelchurche 1306 FF
- Pucklechurch(e) 1564 1701 PR
Etymology
'Pūcela's church', v. cirice . The OE pers.n. Pūcela is not recorded, but it would be a byname from pūcel 'goblin'; it was indeed so used in ME (cf. Reaney 261 and Pucelecroft in Elmore ii, 163 supra ).