Coneygar Pond
lake or loch · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Coneygar Pond is likely named after a place where rabbits ('coneys') were kept or hunted, possibly in an enclosure ('gar').
Word origins
- Coney
- Old Englishrabbit(from coning "rabbit")
- gar
- Old Englishenclosure, spear(from gār "spear, enclosure")
- Pond
- Old Englishpond(from pond "pond")