Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• villat' de Poterne 1280 Ass

• Potern(e) 1283 Cecil 1303 Hutch3 1332 SR

• Wynter(ne)burne (sic) Poterne 1288 Ass

• Poternne 1340 NI

• Wymbo(u)rne Pot(t)erne 1384 IpmR 1430 ib

• Poterneswimborn 1396 IpmR

• Winborne Pottern 1397,1428 Hutch3

• Pottern anciently Winborn-Pottern 1774 Hutch1

• Wimborne Pottern 1795 Boswell 1869 Hutch3

• Potters Fm 1811 OS

• Bryt 1397,1428 Hutch3

Etymology

Potterne Fm (SU 095075), villat ' de Poterne 1280Ass , Potern (e )1283Cecil , 1303 Hutch3, 1332 SR all (p), Wynter (ne )burne (sic)Poterne 1288Ass , Poternne 1340 NI (p), Wymbo (u )rne Pot (t )erne 1384 IpmR, 1430 ib, Cl, Poterneswimborn 1396 IpmR, Winborne Pottern 1397, 1428 Hutch3, Pottern anciently Winborn -Pottern 1774 Hutch1, Wimborne Pottern 1795 Boswell, 1869 Hutch3, Potters Fm 1811 OS, 'building where pots are made, a pottery', v. pott , ærn , cf. Potterne W 244. The affix Wimborne - is from the association of this manor with Monkton Up Wimborne in Wimborne St G. par. infra (5 miles NW): according to Hutch3 3 387, Verwood (which contains Potterne) was a tithing in Monkton Up Wimborne hundred infra , and Boswell places Potterne and Verwood in the tithing of Monkton Up Wimborne itself (all three places then having been in the par. of Cranborne); earlier evidence of this association is that a Walter de Poternne is mentioned under Wimborne St G. in 1340 NI, and that land in Winborne Pottern , along with land in Wimborne St G., was held by a family called Bryt in 1397, 1428 Hutch3 3601, cf. All Hallows Fm in Wimborne St G. par. infra . For the confusion of Wynburne with Wynterburne in the 1288 form, cf. the form from 1242–3 Fees for Wimborne St G. par. infra .