Stanklyn Pool
lake or loch · Worcestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name appears to be a combination of an Old English personal name, Stanc, meaning 'stone-strong', and the Old English word 'linc' or 'lynch', referring to a lynchet or a slope. It might describe a pool near a lynchet or slope associated with Stanc.
Word origins
- Stanklyn
- Old EnglishAttestedPersonal name + lynchet/slope(from stanc "stone", cræft "strength, skill", hlinc "lynchet, slope")
- pool
- Old EnglishAttestedpool(from pōl "pool")