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.

Portmore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Landkey

Historical Forms

  • Portmor(e) 1319 DA 1333 SR 1387 IpmR

Etymology

v. port , mor . The name refers to the flat marshy land stretching from here to Newport in Barnstaple supra 27.

Places in the same Parish