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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 .