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.

London Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Glen

Historical Forms

  • Portwaye 1601 Terrier
  • Port Way 1645,1647 1728 ib
  • Pourtway 1698 ib
  • Poartway 1708 ib
  • Leicester way 1647 Terrier

Etymology

is Portwaye 1601Terrier , Port Way 1645, 1647ib et passim to 1728ib , Pourtway 1698ib , Poartway 1708ib , v. port-wey; so called because it was the road to the market town of Leicester,hence also Leicester way 1647Terrier .