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.

Pool Valley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brighton

Historical Forms

  • the Poole, the Poole head 1677 Rental
  • atte Pole 1296 SR

Etymology

Pool Valley (6″) is the Poole , the Poole head 1677Rental , and gave name to Reginald atte Pole (1296 SR). This was the place where the Wellsboume or Whalesborne supra 290 entered the sea, just by the present Palace pier.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement