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.

Hammerpool Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • Andertons Wood 1842 OS

Etymology

, 1847TA , Andertons Wood 1842 OS , from the surname Anderton and wudu ; ' (yellow)-hammer pool ' , v. amore , pōl 1 , but v. Addenda .