English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Port Way

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mamhead

Historical Forms

  • (andlang þære) port stræt 1044 OSFacsii,Exeterxii

Etymology

The Port Way is an ancient track leading across Little Haldon Hill. It is not the old Roman road, which was a few miles to the west, nor is it clear to what town it led (v. port ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement