English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Kingspool Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Kings Pool 1842 ib

Etymology

, Kings Pool 1842 ib , Keen 's Pool Wood , Keen 's Meadow & Keen 's Patch , 1839TA , from the surname Keen , v. pōl 1 ' a pool ' , wudu , mǣd , pacche .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site