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.

Pound Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornbury

Historical Forms

  • Pound house farm 1839 TA
  • le Ouerpound 1497 AOMB

Etymology

, Pound house farm 1839TA , named from le Ouerpound 1497AOMB , v. pund ' a pound for stray cattle ' .