Polesden Lacy
Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Bookham
Historical Forms
- Polesdene 1198,1202 FF c.1242 Merton 1248,1255 Ass 1316 Ipm
- Palesden' 1202 Cur
- Palesdenn' 1204 ib
- Polesdon 1241 Ass
- Pollesden(e) 1213 Merton 1219 FF 1235 Ass 1241 1327 Banco 1428 FA
- Pollesdenne 1325 Ass
- Estpollesden(e) 1319 Ass 1320 FF
- Pollesdon Lacy 1538 Merton
- Pollesden Lacye 1550 Pat
- Highe Pollesden 1552 Pat
- Poulesdon 1616 FF
Etymology
'Poll 's valley,' v. denu . Cf. Polesworth (Wa), c. 1000 Saints Polleswyrð , and Polesleage (KCD 641) in Wiltshire. For a weak form of this name cf. Pulborough (PN Sx 152). It has proved impossible to trace the origin of the manorial or pseudomanorial addition.