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.

Tortie

Early-attested site in the Parish of Midgeholme

Historical Forms

  • Torty 1387 Boothby
  • the Tartois 1603 Map
  • Blacktorbie (sic) 1603 Gilsland
  • Black Tortise 1828 Boothby

Etymology

Torty 1387Boothby , the Tartois 1603Map . Black Tortie (6″) is Blacktorbie (sic)1603 Gilsland, Black Tortise 1828Boothby .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement