Pope's Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland
Historical Forms
- Popeshale 1204 FF 1427 Pat
- Popishale 1307,1314 Ipm
- Popleshale 1211 RBE 1212 Fees 1315 Orig
- Poppeshal 1252 Ch
- Poppeshall 1317 Ipm
- Popsall t.Hy8 MinAcct 1656 Kings c.1840 TA
- Popeleshale 1296,1338 Ipm 1337 Cl
Etymology
'Corner or angle of land marked by a popul or poplar,' v. healh . The same name is found in Ponshall (PN K 559) with the same genitival form. Wallenberg (loc. cit .) notes the Kentish parallels of Maplescombe and Maplesden for these rather surprising compounds.