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.

Poynetts

Other OS name in the Parish of St Martha's

Historical Forms

  • Poynant 1332 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is to be associated with the family of Walter Poynant (1332 SR) . Cf. Poynatts (PN Bk 179–80) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement