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.

Potlock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • Pottlock 1681 Potter

Etymology

Potlock (lost), Potlo (c )k Hy 3, Potloc c. 1270, 1303, Potlock Ed 2, 1330, Potlok 1372BelCh , Pottlock 1681Potter . 'Enclosure in a depression', v. potte , loc . For the same name, but with a different second element, cf. Potlock House infra 464.