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.

Poundhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Blechingley

Etymology

is Poundhill 1663, Pound Hill 1704 LBl , possibly from the pounding or breaking up of the mine - ore when iron was smelted here with charcoal ( LBl ) .