Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Poggemor(e) 13 Pont 1379 PT

• Pogmore 1379 1472 YDx 1537 Baild 1625 FF

• Pogmoor 1618 PRSheff

Etymology

Pog Moor, Poggemor (e )13 Pont, 1379 PT (p), Pogmore 1379 ib, 1472 YD x, 1537 Baild, 1625 FF, Pogmoor 1618 PRSheff. Several YW p.ns. contain the el. pog , Poggs 238supra , Pog Hall 315, Pogg Myres iii, 29, Pog Fm ii, 224, f.ns. Long Pogs 97, Poggy Close 125, etc. These are all from YW dial. pog 'a bog', also 'a shallow trial pit for a coal shaft' and the adj. poggy 'boggy, sloppy' (EDD s.v.). The origin and connexions of this word are unknown, but it might be a local variant of ME  bog 'a bog', or possibly of dial. podge 'a miry pit, a pit, a cesspool', which has been associated with pudge 'a puddle' and OE  pudd 'a furrow' (NED s.v.). The material generally is too late and restricted to lead to any conclusion. The main fact is that the word pog 'bog, shallow pit' is carried back to the thirteenth century by this p.n. It belongs to the southern part of YW.