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Survey of English Place-Names

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Porterswood Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Whittlebury

Historical Forms

  • Porters wood 1650 ParlSurv
  • coppice called Porters Wood 1672 LRMB

Etymology

is Porters wood 1650ParlSurv ,coppice called Porters Wood 1672LRMB , and is possibly to be associated with the family of John le Porter de Burcote ( 1297For ) .