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 Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Poowbancke 1634 PR
  • Powban(c)k(e) 1634,1642 1726 Will
  • Poobancke 1654 Kendiii,256

Etymology

, 1768 PR , 1770Bthm , Poowbancke 1634 PR, Powban (c )k (e )1634, 1642 ibet freq to1726 Will, Poobancke 1654 Kend iii, 256 , v. poll ' pit, pond, stream ' ( a Celtic form ) , banke , but the first el . may be the local surn . Poole , Powe ( 1598–1741 Kend ii ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site