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.

Portmansford

Other OS name in the Parish of Danehill

Historical Forms

  • Potmansford 1607 SAC50,73

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Potmansford 1607 SAC 50, 73 , deriving probably from a pers. name .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement