English
Welshpool
From Welsh + Pool; it was originally known as Pool, but the name was changed in 1835 to distinguish it from the English town of Poole.
The story
From Welsh + Pool; it was originally known as Pool, but the name was changed in 1835 to distinguish it from the English town of Poole.
Today it means
name A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2207).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welshpool