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.

Partway, Partway Coppice & Partway Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Parkway (sic) 1811 OS
  • Partway Md, Portway, Portway Plat & Portway Wood 1841 TA

Etymology

, Parkway (sic)1811 OS, Partway Md , Portway , Portway Plat & Portway Wood 1841TA , from port-weg ' road leading to a market town ' , with reference to Partway Lane which leads from Forde Abbey to Axminster .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement