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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.

Poole Keynes

Major Settlement in the Parish of Poole Keynes

Historical Forms

  • Pole 931 BCS673 14th DB 1086 Ass 1268 Tax 1291
  • La Pole 1242 FF 1305 FF
  • Poole 1539 LP
  • Pole Canes 1610 S
  • Pool Keynes 1793 Cary

Etymology

'Pool,' v. pol . John Maltravers held the manor in 1327. He left two daughters, of whom the elder married Sir John Keynes (Aubrey 279). Cf. Somerford Keynes supra 46–7.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site