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.

Powers

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ombersley

Historical Forms

  • Powereswere 1450 IpmR

Etymology

There are six Poers and two Powers in the 1275 Subsidy Roll.They are not definitely associated with Ombersley or Holt on the opposite side of the river, but William le Poer had land in Ombersley in 1203 (ChronEve).