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.

Portfields (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newport Pagnell

Historical Forms

  • le Portyfeld 1291 Ipm

Etymology

v. port , feld . 'Town-(open)-field' Cf. Portmeadow in Oxford.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement