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.

Harpole

Major Settlement in the Parish of Harpole

Historical Forms

  • Horpol 1086 DB 1580 Pat
  • Horepol 12th Survey 1270 Ipm
  • Harepol 1258 Ipm 1545 LP
  • Harpole 1307,1314 Inqaqd 1556 Pat
  • Happall 1557 Pat

Etymology

'Dirty or muddy pool,' v. horh , pol .

Places in the same Parish