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.

Potto

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whorlton

Historical Forms

  • Pothow(e) 1202 FF 1385 Baildon
  • Pottowe 1285 KI 1354 FF
  • Potto 1548 YChant 1575 FF

Etymology

'Hill near the small valley' v. hoh and cf. Pott Hall 234infra .

Places in the same Parish