Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pot(t)ergh(a) 13 ADiv 1279 Ass11d 1332 SR 1339 Lowth(Ke18) 1383 Pedw78d

• Pot(t)herg' 1278 Ass12d

• Potherwe, Pottehergh 1292 ib

• Potterfell 1570 1574 Rent212 1777 M

• Pottersfeild 1655 FF

• Potter Tarn 1723 Kendiii,310

• Potter 1560,1592 PR(K)

Etymology

Potter Fell, Potter Tarn, Pot (t )ergh (a )13 AD iv(p), 1279Ass 11d(p), 1332SR (p), 1339Lowth (Ke 18) (p), 1383Pedw 78d(p), Pot (t )herg '1278Ass 12d(p), Potherwe , Pottehergh 1292 ib 21, 23d(p), Potterfell 1570FF , Kend i, 332, 1574Rent 212et freq to 1777 M, Pottersfeild 1655FF , Potter Tarn 1723 Kend iii, 310. 'Dairy farm near a pit or hole', v. potte , erg . All the early forms are the surn., which continued in use in Kendal parish as Potter (1560, 1592 PR(K)passim ); Potter Fell and Potter Tarn may be more directly from the family name; v. fjall , tjǫrn .