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Poole

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Poole town (1991 pop. 122,815), Dorset, S England, on the north side of Poole Harbour. Poole has shipbuilding, pottery-making, and other industries. It is a naval supply station and a seaplane base with considerable coastal trade. There is also a technical college. Within Poole Harbour, to which boaters are attracted, is Brownsea Island, a bird sanctuary.

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Pool

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Pool, Poole, usually ‘(place at) the pool or creek’. OE pōl: Poole Poole. Pole 1183. Poole Keynes Glos. Pole 10th cent., 1086 (DB). Pool, South Devon. Pole 1086 (DB).

However the following has a different origin: Pool Leeds. Pofle c.1030, Pouele 1086 (DB). From an OE word *pofel of uncertain meaning.

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