Poynings
Major Settlement in the Parish of Poynings
Historical Forms
- Puningas 960 BCS1055
- Puninges 12th ADA14201
- Poninges 1086 DB 1242 Fees690 1262 Ass 1272 Ch
- Ponynges 1339 Ipm 1489 Ipm
- Punninges 1203 SAC26,186 1246 Pat 1248 Ass
- Punnings 1690 SRS13,202
- Punning' 1235 FF
- Punnyng 1525 DunBev
- Ponyng t.Ed1 IpmR 1296,1332 SR
- Poning 1284 Ipm 1327 SR
- Poinynges 1369 IpmR
Etymology
'The people of Pūn (a ).' This name is not recorded, but for the possibility of such a name v. PN in -ing 62 and PN Wo 244s. n. Pansington. The vowel was shortened in the trisyllable.