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.

Portershill Fm and Porter's Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Claines

Etymology

These doubtless take their names from a pers. name. Cf. Alditha La Porter in 1275 (SR) and le Porter in 1327 (SR) in this parish.