Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pool Head 1688 Garbet

• The Riebank 1654 PR(L)

• Rye Bank 1696 1783 RTH

• The Rye Bank 1807 PR(L)

Etymology

, 1786et seq RTH , 1833 OS , Pool Head 1688 Garbet . Garbet 270 says “ Messuage called the Pool Head , at head of Castor 's pool , formerly 1 mile in compass , mainly in Whixall . Long drained . ” Ryebank , The Riebank 1654 PR(L) 9, Rye Bank 1696 ib, 1783et seq RTH, The Rye Bank 1807 PR(L) 10 .