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Shepherds Pool

B75 - Grid reference SP131987

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Recorded in the 1841 Census as Shepphard's Pool and as Shepherd's Pool in 1861, this placename may equally derive from a surname as from the occupation. The pool lay in the corner between Weeford Road and Little Sutton Road east of Little Sutton; it is now recalled in Shepherds Pool Road. In 1841 a single house on Little Sutton Road is recorded here occupied by Joseph Ingley, an agricultural labourer and his family.

 

William Dargue 09.03.09

 

  

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