Poling
Major Settlement in the Parish of Poling
Historical Forms
- Paling(e), Palyng t.Hy2 Pat 1361 Cl 1341 Cicestr 1442 Wills 1558 MarC 1580
- Palinges 1199 ChR c.1245 Pens 1262 Ass
- Palynges 1271,1295 Ass 1347 SAC46,224
- Polynge 1305 Ipm
- Powling 1610 Speed 1669 Wills
Etymology
This is probably 'people or dwellers by the pāl or stake,' possibly referring to a palisade, v. Ekwall, PN in -ing 61. The late preservation of a is noteworthy and difficult to explain, unless we assume that at one stage there was a tendency to shorten the vowel in the trisyllable, a tendency which was never completed, leaving the vowel ultimately to develop in the normal way from ā to ō .