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Sourpool Wyke

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Soure poll 1723 Ct

Etymology

, Soure poll 1723Ct 13 , ' sour pool ' , v. sūr , poll , vík ; it is a small bay of the lake .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name