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 Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Blaby

Etymology

, 1638, c.1740, m.18Terrier , 1766EnclA , 1925 Kelly , v. port 2 ; probably named from a port-wey and referring to the road from Countesthorpe to Leicester since this is unlikely to be an early market site so close to the principal town , v. Cox 81 s. n .