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.

Portobello

Other OS name in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Etymology

, 1842 O , from the victory at Porto Bello in 1739 , cf. Portobello (PN Wa 306) and Portobello , near Edinburgh .