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Pudding Poke

Other OS name in the Parish of Elwick and Elwick Hall

Historical Forms

  • Pudding Poke (Nook) 1839 TA

Etymology

, Pudding Poke (Nook )1839TA , v. ModE  pudding-poke ' a pudding bag ' . Cf. Pudding Poke PNDb 297, 757, PNNt 50,PNWe 126, PNYW 1238, 264 and Pudding Bag , Harston , Leicestershire ; the reference is usually to muddy or sticky fields or to a cul - de - sac ; Pudding Poke lies in the far W nook of the parish .