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Potsloan

Other OS name in the Parish of Kingwater

Historical Forms

  • Pott's Loan 1828 Boothby
  • Pottslawn 1837 PR(Laner)

Etymology

is Pott 's Loan 1828Boothby , Pottslawn 1837 PR (Laner) , probably from the family of Potts , mentioned frequently in the Lanercost PR ; cf. Potts Plantation in Walton infra 114 .