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.

Poles

Field in the Parish of Happisburgh

Historical Forms

  • Poles 1633 Ct 1665 Ct

Etymology

Poles 1633, 1665 Ct Walcott(Pole is evidenced in ME as a surname from the 12thcentury, explained as a form of Paul, v. Reaney s.n.)