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.

Windswell Pool

Other OS name in the Parish of Forton

Historical Forms

  • Windswall 1618 Survey 1720 OpenFds
  • Wyns(e)wall, Wyns(e)well pool 1242 Ch 1487,1573 Rental 1493,1520 Survey
  • Windswall pool (damme) 1618 Survey

Etymology

, 1833 O , Windswall 1618Survey , 1720 OpenFds, Wyns (e )wall ,Wyns (e )well pool 1242 Ch, 1487, 1573Rental , 1493, 1520Survey , Windswall pool (damme )1618Survey , perhaps ' Wine's well ' , v. wælla .