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.

Potheridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Merton

Historical Forms

  • Porriga 1086 DB
  • Poderigg(e) 1303 FA 1329 Exon 1378 IpmR
  • Poderug' 1333 SR
  • Podrige 1375 Exon
  • Puderigge 1183 P
  • Puderug 1237 Ch
  • Puderigh' 1242 Fees785

Etymology

'Puda 's ridge.' Cf. Putteridge (Herts), Puderugge 1240FF , Pudderigge 1248Ass , Potherugge 1303 FA, 1346 BM.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement