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.