The Portwey (sic)
Other OS name in the Parish of Humberstone
Historical Forms
- (le) Portwey 13 Nichols 1467×84 LTD
- Portway 1467×84 ib
- portwaye 1601 Terrier
- Port Way 1638,1698,1712,1724,1742 ib
- Portgate 1467×84 LTD
Etymology
, (le ) Portwey 13Nichols, 1467 × 84LTD , Portway 1467 × 84ib , portwaye 1601Terrier ,Port Way 1638, 1698, 1712, 1724, 1742ib , v. port-weg; the road to themarket (town), i.e. Leicester; also styled Portgate 1467 × 84LTD , v. gata . The present route is unrelated to the original and the name is a modern revival .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Barkby Thorpe Rd, Barkby Lane
- Bushby Brook
- Church Fm
- Dale Ho
- Elms Fm, Elms Fm Cottages
- Francis Dixon Lodge
- Gipsy Lane
- Grange Lodge
- Green lane
- Haynes Rd
- High Meres
- Humber Stone
- Humberstone Fm
- Humberstone Grange
- Humberstone Ho
- Humberstone Manor
- Humberstone Park
- Keyham Lane
- Main St
- Manor Fm
- Marston Rd
- Melton Brook
- New Humberstone
- Painters' Arms
- Plough
- Quakesick Spinney
- St Mary's Church
- Saltersford Rd
- Scraptoft Lane
- Stack House Fm
- Steins Lane
- The Towers Hospital
- Uppingham Rd
- The Vicarage
- Vicarage Lane
- Wigley Rd
- Windmill