Ruddles Pool
lake or loch · Buckinghamshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Ruddles Pool is likely named after a person called Ruddell or Ruddel, possibly a diminutive of 'Rudd' (from Old English 'rudduc' meaning rudd or redbreast, or a nickname meaning 'ruddy'). It refers to a pool associated with this person.
Word origins
- Ruddles
- Old EnglishRuddell's (possessive)(from Ruddell "Diminutive of Rudd", 's "possessive suffix")
- Pool
- Old Englishpool(from pōl "pool, small lake")