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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pools Dike

Other OS name in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Pullesmor versus Pull 1185–1211 YCh1819
  • Upper & Nether Pools 1684 WharnSurv

Etymology

, 1841 O.S. , Pullesmor versus Pull 1185–1211 YCh 1819, Upper & Nether Pools 1684WharnSurv 71 , v. pōl ' a pool ' , influenced in form by OE  pull ' pool ' , if not from it ; v. dīc , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site