Pool in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Pool is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

• Adel
• Allerton [Bywater]
• Alwoodley
• Arthington
• Austhorpe
• Baildon
• Bardsey
• Barwick [in Elmet]
• Bichertun
• Bicherun
• Bingley
• Birkby [Hill]
• Bramhope
• Burden [Head]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Pool is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Pool.

Listed Buildings Near Pool

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Pool. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Pool Bridge - 0.24 km
• Penndene - 0.24 km
• Manor Cottage - 0.29 km
• Pool-in-Wharfedale War Memorial - 0.31 km
• Church of St Wilfrid - 0.33 km
• 4 and 5, Arthington Lane - 0.38 km
• Pool Farmhouse - 0.4 km
• Pool Hall - 0.41 km
• Milepost Opposite Entrance to Riffa Farm - 0.86 km
• Milepost Approximately 350 Metres West of Junction With Harrogate Road - 1.02 km
• Milepost at Se 235 454 - 1.04 km

Pool Today

Today Pool lies within the administrative area of Leeds, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,308 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Castley - 2.0 km E
• Bramhope - 2.0 km S
• Leathley - 2.2 km NW
• East Carlton - 2.8 km SW
• Stainburn - 3.0 km N
• Arthington - 3.2 km E