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.

Pow

Other OS name in the Parish of St Cuthbert Without

Historical Forms

  • Paw 1605 PR(Dalston)
  • Pow 1607 ib

Etymology

is Paw 1605 PR (Dalston), Pow 1607 ib . This must be the pool which gave rise to the name of Pow Beck (Caldew) supra 24 .