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.

Portland Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheepstor

Historical Forms

  • Portlandhead t.Hy6 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Portlandhead t. Hy 6Ct . The meaning of port here is as usual doubtful , v. Doggaport supra 95 .