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.

Priest Pool

Other OS name in the Parish of Elberton

Etymology

, cf. Pristecroft , Prystecroft c. 1540AOMB , 1542 LP , Prestiscroft 1540MinAcct , Priest hill & Priest moor 1840TA , v. prēost ' priest ' , croft , pōl , here a pool in Elberton Rhine .