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.

Hellpool Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whicham

Historical Forms

  • Helpoolbrigge 1666 PR
  • Helpowbridge 1679 LowtherW
  • Hill-pool Bridge 1777 PR(Millom)

Etymology

v. Kirksanton Pool supra 19.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement