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