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 Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Billesdon

Historical Forms

  • Portgate Edw1(1467×84),Edw3(1467×84) LTD
  • Portisgate Edw3 1467×84 ib
  • le Portwey Edw3 1467×84 ib

Etymology

, 1925 Kelly , cf. Portbridge Field 1765EnclA , v. port 2 , brycg ; on the main road to the market town of Leicester . The road is Portgate Edw 1 (1467 × 84), Edw 3 (1467 × 84)LTD , Portisgate Edw3 (1467 × 84) ib (v. gata), le Portwey Edw 3 (1467 × 84) ib ( v. port-wey ) .