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.

Poor Close Spinney

Other OS name in the Parish of Stretton Magna

Historical Forms

  • Poor Close 1862 Surv

Etymology

, Poor Close 1862Surv , v. pouer(e) ; land dedicated to poor - law relief or charity .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement