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.

Porsham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tamerton Foliot

Historical Forms

  • Portesham 1244 Ass 1383,1459 FF
  • Portisham t.Ed3 Ass

Etymology

'Port 's ham(m).' For the pers. name, v. Redin 22.It occurs also in Portisham (Do), Porteshamme 1024 KCD 741.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement