Horsepool Lane
Other OS name in the Parish of Thornford
Historical Forms
- Horspole lane 1563 Digby
- (Wodcrofte alias) Horspole 1563 ib
- Gt Horse Pool 1849 TA
- on merc 903 SherC(S516)
Etymology
, Horspole lane 1563Digby , namedfrom claus ' vocat ' Horsepole , (Wodcrofte alias ) Horspole 1563ib , Gt Horse Pool 1849TA , v. hors , pōl , wudu , croft ; in the last - named field there are still traces of the pool ( B.K. ) , this being the feature referred to in the Anglo - Saxon bounds of Thornford as on merc 903 for 946–51 (12) SherC (S 516) ( corrected to on mere in BCS 894 ) , ' to the pool ' , v. mere 1 .