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.

Portrack Heading, Portrack Lake, Portrack Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockton-on-Tees

Historical Forms

  • Portrack 1757 DX455/1
  • Portrick 1779 NRCbox6/23
  • le Portrick Lane, Portrick Street 1720 HC/CB
  • le portricklane 1721,1723,1725 ib
  • Portrick Lane 1773 Bran

Etymology

, Portrack 1757DX 455/1 No.893,Portrick 1779NRC box 6/23, le Portrick Lane , Portrick Street 1720HC /CB , le portricklane 1721, 1723, 1725ib , Portrick Lane 1773Bran 3207 , cf. portrickfeilds 1723HC /CB , portrick street 1724–5ib , Portrack Hill 1780Bran , a messuage near Portrack with a wharf of quay 1773Bran .