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.

Powis Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Marton

Historical Forms

  • Pows 1841 TA
  • Poose 1770 M

Etymology

, ib , Pows 1841TA , Poose 1770 M , cf. the Pooes-close 1704 Terr , the surname Pow .