Ashwell Pool
lake or loch · Gloucestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a pool associated with ash trees. 'Ashwell' is a common place name element, meaning 'ash tree spring' or 'spring by ash trees'.
Word origins
- Ash
- Old Englishash tree(from æsc "ash tree")
- well
- Old EnglishAttestedspring, well(from wella "spring, well")
- Pool
- Old EnglishAttestedpool, small lake(from pōl "pool, small lake")