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Survey of English Place-Names

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Drawbridge Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Lapworth

Historical Forms

  • Millbourne Farm (ib.)
  • Ponke land (ib.)

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) was earlier Millbourne Farm (ib.) from the family of Milborn , first found in the parish in 1712 (ib.) . In 1349 it was known as Ponke land (ib.) , probably a scribal error for Pouke land , ' goblin land . '