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Survey of English Place-Names

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High & Low Sampool

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Sandpol 1170–81,1241 Kendii,114,118 1241 FF
  • Sandpull 1186–1200 ib
  • Sandipol c.1180 CWiii,273
  • Sampole 1530 MinAcct 1618 Kendii,109
  • Sampoll 1580,1608 1651 ib
  • Sampowe, Sampull 1631 Dep
  • Sampool(e) 1631 1823 M

Etymology

'Sand(y) pool', sand(ig), pōl(pull). In some cases of the spellings poll and pow , we probably have a variant poll of Welsh or Irish origin.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site