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.

Pottosy Pond

Early-attested site in the Parish of Yardley Hastings

Etymology

Pottosy Pond (6″) cf. Potters solloe close 1565Compton , solloe may be identical with OE  sulh , 'furrow, gully,' cf. Solway's Cottages (PN D 631).