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.

Corton Barn, Corton Dairy Ho, Corton Down & Corton Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Historical Forms

  • West Huish 1811 OS

Etymology

( West Huish 1811 OS , v. Hewish Hill supra ) ( cf. Robert Atte Doune 1357 (18) AddMS , v. atte(n) , doun ) ( 1811 OS ) , all named from Corton supra .