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.

Potters Croft

Field in the Parish of Market Harborough

Historical Forms

  • 1842 Sale 1843 Sale 1926 Sale
  • Potterescrofft 1507 Wyg

Etymology

Potters Croft 1842, 1843, 1926 (v. pece) (Potterescrofft 1507, v. croft; cf. Pottersholme, Potersholme Este 1497 (v. ēast) (v. holmr) (v. pottere)