OS grid reference SU166055 Post town RINGWOOD Dialling code 01425 | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district BH24 3 Civil parish Ringwood | |
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Poulner (pronounced "Powner") is a small village in the civil parish of Ringwood in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley. It is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east from the town centre of Ringwood.
Map of Poulner, Ringwood, UK
Poulner is recorded as Polenore in 1300, Polenoure in 1327, Pulnore in 1410, and Powner in 1682. The origin of the name is uncertain, but the second element "ora" or "ofer" means "bank, slope", and the first element might be "polleie" meaning the popular herb "pennyroyal".
Nowadays Poulner is a suburb of Ringwood. Poulner has two primary schools, a Scout group, and an amateur dramatics society called Poulner Players.
The site of Royal Air Force Station Ibsley, in use during World War II, is located on the outskirts of Poulner to the north. This site has later been used for motor-racing as Ibsley Circuit and today is a quarry lake area.