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.

Wallasey Pool

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wallasey

Historical Forms

  • le Pull c.1280 Sheaf 18
  • le Pulle 1357 ChFor
  • Walypole 1347 ib
  • Walaypull 1357 ib
  • Wallesey Pool 1819 Orm2

Etymology

Wallasey Pool, le Pull c.1280 (18) Sheaf, le Pulle 1357ChFor , Walypole 1347ib , Walaypull 1357ib , Wallesey Pool 1819 Orm2, 'the creek', an inlet from the Mersey estuary, v. pull , cf. Wallasey 323supra .