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.

Port Way

Other OS name in the Parish of Gloucester

Historical Forms

  • Portway 1454 GlR

Etymology

, Portway 1454 GlR , v. port 2 , weg , a road leading from Painswick to Gloucester ( cf. Portway i, 18supra ) .