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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.

Pockeredge Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Corsham

Historical Forms

  • Polkerugge 1346 AddCh
  • Polkerygge 1363 NewColl
  • Pockeridge t.Jas1 Ct
  • Poltrigge 1327 SR

Etymology

Pockeredge Fm (6″) is Polkerugge 1346AddCh , Polkerygge 1363NewColl (p), Pockeridge t. Jas 1Ct , and was the home of Henry de Poltrigge (1327SR ). The early forms vary too much for any suggestion to be made as to the first element, v. hrycg .