Portisham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Portisham
Historical Forms
- (æt) Porteshamme 1024 Ilch(KCD741,S961)
- Portes-hom c.1200 O&N
- Portesham 1086 1210 P 1212 Fees 1221,1269 Ilch 1280 Ass
- Porttesham 1332 SR
- Portisham 1548,1556 Fry 1795 Boswell 1811 OS 1863 Hutch3
- Portsham 1653 ParlSurv
Etymology
'Enclosure belonging to the market town', v. port 2 (gen.sg. portes ), hamm . The town referred to is no doubt Abbotsbury (as it is also in the lost st.n. Portewey in Abbotsbury par. supra ). The Anglo-Saxon bounds of Portisham are given in 1024Ilch (KCD 741, S 961). The notion that names such as Portisham may contain a pers.n. Port (as suggested for instance s.n. Portslade PN Sx 289 and Porsham PN D 242) has been long rejected, v. Fägersten 248–9 and Gelling Signposts 78–9, cf. the assertion in 1774 Hutch1 1553 that Portisham 'seems to derive its name from some Saxon owner, who formerly dwelt here'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Nether Grove
- Friar Waddon Dairy Ho, Friar Waddon Fm, Friar Waddon Hill & Friar Waddon Withy Bed
- Dairy Ho Coppice
- Pond Coppice
- Wig Plant.
- Bench
- Benecke Wood
- Bishop's Road
- Black Down Barn & Black Down Plant.
- Brick Ho
- The Buildings, Buildings
- Plant
- Church
- Clover, Clover Coppices
- Corton Barn, Corton Dairy Ho, Corton Down & Corton Hill
- Drift Plant.
- Folly Plant.
- Grove Lane
- Half Moon (P.H.)
- Half Moon Coppice
- Hampton Barn
- Hardy Coppice
- Hell Bottom (Quarry)
- Hell Stone
- King's Arms (P.H.)
- Little London
- Long Coppice
- Manfield Shale Pit
- Manor Ho
- Marsh Fm
- Mill Ctgs, Mill Stream
- Portesham Fm
- Portisham Dairy, Portisham Hill, Portisham Ho & Portisham Withy Bed
- Old Portisham
- Quarry
- Red Mead Coppice
- Ridge Hill
- Rocket
- St Bartholomew's Chapel
- Seven Acre Coppice
- Sheepwash
- Shilvinghampton Barn, West Shilvinghampton Dairy
- Silly How
- Snipe Gate
- Square Coppice
- Standing Stones
- Vicarage
- Winter's Lane
- Dovecot
- Waddon Dairy, Waddon Field Barn, Waddon Ho & Waddon Spring