As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

POLKING HORNE. An estate In the parish of Gwinear, co. Cornwall, where the family were resident in the XIII. cent. C. S. Gilbert's Cornw. "From this jilace were denominated an old family of gentlemen surnamed Polkinhorne, who gave for their arms, Argent, three bars Sable." llals, in D. Gilbert's Cornwall, ii. 142.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Location or geographical feature

Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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