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Survey of English Place-Names

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Potts Beck & Potts Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Pot 13 Percy c.1270 Font
  • Nether pot, le Ov'pot 1409 Whit
  • Potts Moor 1768 EnclA
  • Pott Gill 1843 TA

Etymology

Potts Beck & Potts Moor, Pot 13 Percy, c. 1270 Font, Nether pot , le Ov 'pot 1409 Whit 203, Potts Moor 1768EnclA 22, Pott Gill 1843TA , v. potte 'a deep hole, a pit, a deep hole in a river-bed, a pot-hole'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site