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 Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Olveston

Historical Forms

  • Port 1626 InqM

Etymology

, Port 1626 InqM , the meaning of port here is uncertain ; it could be port 2 in the sense ' market ' , but the farm is a little west of Tockington on Hardy Lane , formerly hola weg ( infra ) , which might once have been described as a port-way and the farm named from it .