Poole
Major Settlement in the Parish of Poole
Historical Forms
- Poles 1180–1186 1195 1199 Cur 1231 Cl 1280 Ass 1484 Cl
- Pola Hy3 Pat 1371 FF 1227 Pat 1230
- (aquam portus de) Pola 1268 Ass 1288 Ch
- la Pole 1220 Cur 1224 Pat 1428 Cl
- le Pole 1386 Pat
- (la) Poule 1300 Cl 1412 FA
- Pool(e) 1392 Fine
Etymology
'the pool or creek', with reference to Poole Harbour infra , v. pōl 1 ; -s in the earliest forms is a pl. ending, possibly AN (cf. Zachrisson IPN 94).