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.

Old Quarries

Other OS name in the Parish of Poxwell

Historical Forms

  • querrer' de Pokeswell 1457–1459 Weld1
  • Pokeswell quarries 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

, querrer ' de Pokeswell 1457–1459Weld 1, Pokeswell quarries 1774Hutch1 , cf. E Quar , W Quar 1840TA , v. quarrere .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement