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.

Poolhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Tarporley

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , ' the topend of a (mill-) pool ' , cf. Pool Stead 1838TA , v. pōl 1 , hēafod , pōl-stede , cf. Oulton Mill supra .