Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
POLHILL
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
POLHILL. See under Polwhele. In the ancient deeds of the Cornish family, the spellings Polwhele and Polhill are employed indifferently. Nichol's Top. and Geneal., i. 180. The Polliills were certainly at Detling, co. Kent, in or before the reign of Edw. HI. An old spelling of the family was Policy.
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