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.

Potterne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Potterne

Historical Forms

  • Poterne 1086 DB 1148 HMCVari 1195 FF 1291 Tax
  • Pottern 1281 Ass
  • Pottren 1585 WMxxi
  • Potterin 1589 ADiv

Etymology

'Building for pots or where pots were made,' v. ærn .