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.

Pull Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bushley

Historical Forms

  • Orices pul 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Lapule 1086 DB
  • Lapulle, la Pulle 1212 Fees139 1222,1275 SR
  • Le Pille 1275 Ass
  • Pulla, Pulle 1284 Wigorn 1327 SR 1535 VE 1585 Wills
  • Poole in Bushley 1591 Wills

Etymology

The pull here is the stream which feeds the Severn at this point. In the earliest reference it appears as the possession of one Oric , that probably being a pet-form for Ordric or Osric .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement