Powick
Major Settlement in the Parish of Powick
Historical Forms
- Poincguuic 972 BCS1282 c.1050
- Poiwic(h)(a) 1086 DB c.1086 EveA&B 1190
- Poyswyke 1275 SR
- Poywy(c)k, Poywik 1212 Fees139 1249 1291 Tax
- Puwyk 1300 Ch
- Powyck 1535 VE
Etymology
There is considerable likelihood of an OE name Pohha (Redin 77) both independently and in the Berkshire pohanlæh (BCS 366) and in Poughill (D). Stevenson (MS note) suggested that the full form of this name was Pohingwic , i.e. 'Poha's wic,' v. ing . The later forms perhaps come from an alternative Pohanwic rather than from Pohingwic .