English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Mount Poynings

Other OS name in the Parish of West Lulworth

Historical Forms

  • Mountpoynynges 1575 Saxton
  • Penens gate 1682 Weld1
  • Pennens 1843 TA

Etymology

, 1774 Hutch1 , Mountpoynynges 1575 Saxton , even in 1774 only the site of the house of this name built by Thomas , Lord Poynings , probably between 1541–6 (Coker 44, Hutch3 1441) , v. mont ; the forms Penens gate 1682Weld 1, Pennens 1843TA probably also belong here , v. geat , cf. the f. ns . Pennings in Chaldon H . par . supra and in Osmington par . infra .