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.

Portworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shaugh

Historical Forms

  • Porteworthy 1322,1329 Ass 1333 SR
  • Pourtewurthe 1474 Ct
  • Portaver 1587 Recov

Etymology

'Porta 's worþig.'For the pers. name, v. Portontown supra 210. For the last form, cf. Cadover supra 229.