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.

Portlands Nab

Other OS name in the Parish of Newnham

Historical Forms

  • Portland c.1230 GlR

Etymology

, Portland c. 1230 GlR , cf. also Portfeld (a )c. 1240–c. 1290 GlR (freq ) , Port field , Port mead 1839TA , ' the town land andfield ' , v. port 2 , land , feld ; the Nab ( e.ModE  nab , v. nabbi ' headland ' ) is a small headland on the Severn .