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.

Poppleton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Popleton(e) 1086 DB 1540 Fount
  • Popeltune, Popelton 1175 Font c.1190 Fount
  • Poppleton 1312 Vyner

Etymology

Poppleton (lost), Popleton (e )1086 DB, 1540 Fount, Popeltune , Popelton 1175 Font, c. 1190 Fount, Poppleton 1312Vyner . 'Spring farmstead', cf. Poppleton iv, 231supra . Its exact location is not known but in 1540 it is included in the lands of Covell Houses (Fount i, 341).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site