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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bar Pool

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nuneaton

Historical Forms

  • Barrepole, le Bare pole 1538 LRMB
  • Bargrene 1544 Aston
  • the Barre poole tayle 1571 ib
  • Barpole end, Grete Barrepole, Barregrene 1585 ib
  • atte Barre 1398 Ct

Etymology

Bar Pool (6″) is Barrepole , le Bare pole 1538LRMB , Bargrene 1544Aston , the Barre poole tayle 1571 ib., Barpole end , Grete Barrepole , Barregrene 1585 ib., and near by must have lived John atte Barre (1398Ct ).