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Survey of English Place-Names

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Potchmeers(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Walthamstow

Historical Forms

  • Purtemere 1223–52 ADi

Etymology

( lost ) is Purtemere 1223–52 AD i, Portesmere 1553, Port (e )mer (e )1560–5,Potchmeers 1699 PN W'stow . Cf. Portys Croft alias Porche Croft (Kelvedon)1592Ct and Purfleet infra 130 .