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.

Poketorp

Field in the Parish of Filby

Historical Forms

  • Poketorp 1202 FF
  • Pokethorp c.1220 Holme
  • ( in campo de ) Pokethorp 13 Holme

Etymology

Poketorp 1202 FF,Pokethorp c. 1220 Holme,(in campo de) Pokethorp 13 ib(OE  pers.n. *Poca andþorp; Wagner 218 ff. identifies this Pokethorp with Thorpe in ASWills 25)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement