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.

Pole Elm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Powick

Historical Forms

  • de la Pole, atte Pole 1275,1332 SR

Etymology

This seems to contain OE  pāl , 'pole, stake,' cf. the use of Staple (K, So, W) as a place-name.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement