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Horse Pool Cl

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1762 EnclA 1826 Surv
  • Horspool 1731 Terrier
  • the over horse poole 1648 Terrier
  • the nether horse poole 1648 Terrier

Etymology

Horse Pool Cl 1762, 1826 (the hors (e) pole 1601, 1625, 1648, Horspool 1731, the over horse poole (v. uferra), the nether horse poole 1648, Thrussington Hors (e) poole 1700, 1703, 1709, 1712 (Thrussington adjoins to the north, beyond R. Wreake), cf. (the) Horsepool (e) furlong 1675, 1679 et passim to 1745 (v. furlang), v. hors, pōl 1)