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.

Polesworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Polesworth

Historical Forms

  • Polleswyrð c.1000 Saints
  • Polleswurth 1234 Pat
  • Pollesworth 1247 SR 1249 ADiii 1291 Tax 1327 SR 1344 Ass 1348 Ch 1549 Pat 1627 Sess
  • Pollesuurd 1242 Pat 1398
  • Pollisworða c.1170 Wollaton
  • Poleswrda t.Stephen Pat 1398
  • Polesworda c.1155 Deed
  • Polesworða c.1170 Wollaton
  • Poleswrth(e) 12th RBE c.1220 BM
  • Poleswurth 1200 Cur 1242 Ch
  • Polesworth 1275 RH 1316 FA
  • Poulesworth 1477 Pat
  • Powl(e)sworth(e) 1599,1663 FF 1615 Recov

Etymology

'Poll 's enclosure,' v. worþ . For the pers. name cf. Polesden, Pollingfold (PN Sr 100, 240).