Portsmoorhall Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ingatestone and Fryerning
Historical Forms
- Possemor(e) 1240 FF 1291,1323 For 1464,1466 Pat
- Posmorescroft 1450 MinAcct
- Posemores t.Hy8 Survey
Etymology
'Possa 's moor,' v. mor . Possa does not occur independently, but cf. Posbury (PN D 406), where other examples of its use in place-names are noted. Similarly Posbrook in Titchfield (Ha), Possebroc 1202 Cur (p). For intrusive r cf. Parsloes supra 92.v. Introd. xxxvii.