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.

Waterpool

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Wadelespole 1335 ForP

Etymology

'Wædel's pool' v. pol . This contains an OE  pers. name Wædel recorded in the form Wadell as the holder (TRE) of Wadelscota , now Waddlestone (D) in Lew Trenchard. It is found also in Woodluston (Sa), Wadelestun DB, and in a weak form in Wattlehurst (Sr), earlier Wadelehurst . The modern spelling is due to folk-etymology.