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Possilpark

Pàirc Phosail


Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

G22

NS592681


English / Map Form: Possilpark

Gaelic Form: Pàirc Phosail


Location: Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

Postcode area: G22

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Possilpark

Gaelic Form: Pàirc Phosail


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Possole 1242 Glas. Reg. no. 180 [rubric; Possele in text]
Possele 1242 Glas. Reg. no. 180

OW poues, means ‘rest, repose’…may be from poues with the suffix -el, : Watson 1926, 382-383

Additional Information

It is possible this is cognate with the name Powsail, see Watson 1925, 142 although he does not make the connection with this name.

See also BLITON under *powes, who suggests the final syllable could alternatively represent Old English -hyll. Taylor, on the other hand suggests ? British *pouis + ? British *-el which seems likelier.

Since this a British name of uncertain derivation, a phonological adaption has been used. Yhanks to Simon Taylor for the forms for Possil.

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