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Woeful Lake Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherborne

Historical Forms

  • the Woodpoles 1652 Sherb

Etymology

, 1830 M , the Woodpoles 1652Sherb 15 , ' pools in the wood ' , v. wudu , pōl , lacu ' stream ' , cf. Woefuldane Bottom (99supra ) for a similar adaptation .