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.

Potterbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornbury

Historical Forms

  • Portery brooke lane 1551 GR282
  • Port(e)reevebrooke 1563 ib

Etymology

, Portery brooke lane 1551GR 282, Port (e )reevebrooke 1563 ib , OE  port -gerēfa ' a town reeve or bailiff ' , v. brōc .