Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Port Crofte, Portcrofts, le Portestrete 1551 LRMB

• the Port of Faringdon, the Port-well 1591 Faringdon

• the Port of Farringdon 1755 ArchJ

• Tything of Port 1848 PubLibDoc

Etymology

Port (a district immediately E. of the town), Port Crofte , Portcrofts , le Portestrete 1551LRMB , the Port of Faringdon , the Port-well 1591 Faringdon, the Port of Farringdon 1755 ArchJ 14, Tything of Port 1848PubLibDoc ; port is probably used here in the sense 'market town', cf. Westbrook infra .