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.

Poulter's Corner

Early-attested site in the Parish of Durrington

Historical Forms

  • Polletre 1518 Ct

Etymology

Poulter's Corner (6″) must be by the place called le Pollet trew in 1418 (Harl AA 3), Polletre (1518Ct ), i.e. the polled or pollarded tree. Cf. Polledetrow (1430) and Polletre (1516) in Ct Rolls of Marlpost.

Places in the same Parish