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.

Potter Street

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harlow

Historical Forms

  • Pottereshill, Pottereshull 1254 Ass 1291 For
  • Potters streete 1594 N
  • le Pottere de Pottereshull 1291 For

Etymology

Potter Street is Pottereshill , Pottereshull 1254Ass , 1291For , and Potters streete 1594 N. Here lived Cok le Pottere de Pottereshull (1291For ). Cf. Potkiln Shaw supra 33, Potter Street infra 443, Potteresrawe (near Inworth) 1344 Misc, Potteresfeld (in Little Leighs) 1302Bodl . Cf. Ekwall in Essays in honour of James Tait , 86.