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Petty Pool, Pettypool Brook, Pettypool Fm & Pettypool Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • a poole… cawllid Pety Pole c.1536 Leland
  • Petypole Dam & Petypole Hill m16 AOMB397
  • Petty Poole Hill & Petty Poole Dam 1542 Dugd
  • Petty Poole 1642 ChCert
  • Petti-pool 1656 Orm2
  • Petty Pool 1819 Orm2
  • Petty Pool House & Petty Pool Farm 1831 Bry
  • Petty Pool Wood 1842 OS

Etymology

, a poolecawllid Pety Pole c.1536 Leland, Petypole Dam & Petypole Hill m16AOMB 397, Petty Poole Hill & Petty Poole Dam 1542 Dugd, Petty Poole 1642ChCert ,Petti-pool 1656 Orm2, Petty Pool 1819 Orm2, Petty Pool House & Petty Pool Farm 1831Bry, Petty Pool Wood 1842 OS , ' little lake ' , from pety and pōl 1 , with brōc , damme , hyll . The brook joins R . Weaver .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site