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.

Pound Croft

Field in the Parish of Repps with Bastwick

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • Pinfold 1466 FB 1572 FB

Etymology

Pound Croft(Pinfold 1466, 1572 FB; v. *pund'enclosure for stray cattle', *pynd-fald, cf. Field s.n. Pinfold)