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.

Pottington

Other OS name in the Parish of Pilton, East and West

Historical Forms

  • Potyngdon
  • Potyngton 1444 IpmR
  • Petyngdon 1435 Exon

Etymology

is Potyngdon n.d. Oliver 203, Potyngton 1444 IpmR, Petyngdon 1435Exon . Perhaps ' Potta 's farm , ' v. ingtun . There is no hill here .

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