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.

Poors Cls

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1837 Valuation 1968 Surv

Etymology

Poors Cls 1837, Poors Cl 1968 (v. pouer (e); closes endowed for relief of the parish poor)