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.

Porter Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Middleton by Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Potterway 1415 DuLaMB
  • Porterway 1415 Woll e.17th

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , perhaps Potterway 1415DuLaMB , Porterway 1415 (e. 17th) Woll ( a copy of the same survey as 1415DuLaMB ) .