Swanswell Pool
Early-attested site in the Parish of Coventry
Historical Forms
- le Swaneswelpole 1542 MinAcct
- Swanswell poole 1656 Dugdale
Etymology
Swanswell Pool (6″) is Swayneswell pole 1336, Swanneswell , le Swannespole 1411Coventry , le Swaneswelpole 1542MinAcct , Swanswell poole 1656 Dugdale. The forms are not early enough for certainty. If the earliest is correct, the 'well' was originally named after a man bearing the Anglo-Scand name Swein (Sveinn ), later altered to 'swan' through popular etymology.This pers. name is common in the 14th-century Subsidy Rolls.