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.

Portly Ford Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cold Ashby

Etymology

Portly Ford Bridge. Portly is possibly a corruption of Portway .The main road here is referred to as le Porteweye in 1439 (HMC Hastings 255).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement