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.

Powleyclose Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Po(o)wley 1559–1615 PR(B)

Etymology

, 1859OS , named from the local family of Po (o )wley (1559–1615 PR(B) 1, 9,40et freq ) , cf. Pooley Bridge (ii, 211infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name