Portland Place Names

The following Portland Place Names were taken from the "The Place-Names of Dorset" by A.D. Mills, published by the English Place-Name Society 1977 and various old survey maps. The use of this list is made possible with the kind permission of the English Place-Name Society.

These names cover many hundreds of years and many are no longer in use. The list is not represented as being complete. 

Above Grove

Admiralty Quarries

Agnes Croft

Alleluya Bay

Andrews Wear

Back Lane Stile

Balaclava Bay

Barlands

Barley Croft

Barrow Hill

Black Nore

Blindmare

Bollands

Bombs Lane

Bottom Md

Bound Hill

(A)Bove Westons Well

(A)Bove Knight Croft

Bown Hill

Branscombe

Breast Croft

Brest Croft

Breston Field

Brewery Yard

Bridgestone

Broad Croft

Broad Ope

Broken Wall

Bubble Beach

Bumble Gdn Croft

Bunns Close

Burrow Hill

Bussell’s Close

Buttery

Butts Long Stone Ope

Camble Stile

Castle Cove

Castle Lawn

Castletown

Cave Hole

Chalk Lands

Chapers Mead

Chene Pier

Chene Wier

Chesil Cove

Chesilton

Chiswell

Church Ope

Church Point

Clay Ope

Coal Lane

Coal Croft

Coney Croft

Coombefield

Coopers Road

Cove Well

Cow Croft

Cox Croft

Dirdale Pier

Dowers Well

Down

Droop Field

Dubbins Door

Duckstile

Durants Wear

Eals Croft

East Field

East Wier

Eastmost Close

Easton

Everys Croft

Fishes Croft

Folly Pier

Fortuneswell

Freshwater Bay

Gilberts Wear

Gill Croft

Glacis

God Nore

Goose Land

Goslands End

Gowks Hill

Gowland

Grammers

Grams Croft

Great West Field

Green Hill

Green Close

Greencroft

Greenhole

Greenways End

Gregory’s Wear

Greycroft

Grove, The

Grove’s Buoy

Hannah's Croft

Harpland

Hayland

Head Lands

Heavehay

Henry Stone’s Wear

Hill Yeats

Hillyates

Hine's Wear

Hogs Croft

Hunder Hedge

Inmost Acre

Inmosthay Field

Jackman’s Croft

Job Croft

John Stone’s Wear

Killeys Hill

Killick Hill Wear

Killicks Will

Kings Arms

Kings Pier

Lane End

Large Lands

Little Beach

Long Close

Long Tour

Long Hay

Long Acre

Longcroft

Longstone Ope

Maidenwell

Martin Close

Martin's Croft

Meadow Plot

Med Bower

Mouse Plot

Mound Knowle

Muggot Quarry

Mutton Cove

Netherfield.

New Close Corner

New Pier

Nicodemis's Knob

Nights Close or Croft

Nill

Ox Croft

Paddocks

Palmers Croft

Pauls Mead

Pennsylvania Castle

Pickers Hay

Pom Pom

Portland Castle

Powell's Jar

Pulpi Rock

Redcliffs

Redcroft

Reforne

Rods Wear

Rools Croft

Rottle Wall

Rough Barrow

Roughbarrow

Rougland

Round Well Wear

Ruble Batch

Rufus Castle

Ruins

Schollar’s Close

Seven Acres

Shaggers Lawns

Shankcreat

Shay

Shear Croft

Sheep Croft

Shepherds Dinner

Shoals Pitts

Shortbatts

Shortlands

Sild Croft

Silk Lake

Silver Well Wear

Simon Pearce’s Wear

Simple Croft

Slobs

South Field

South Pier

Southwell

Staple Ope

St. George’s Close

Stert Corner

Stewart’s Wear

Stone Hill

Store House

Straits

Street Hill

Streetend

Thirtoop

Thomas Comben’s Wear

Toby’s Close

Top of Westons

Tout Trade

Troophay

Turn Croft

Under Bank

Under Lane

Under Hole

Under Hedge

Under Gore

Under Great Beach

Underhay

Verne Common

Verne Hill

Verne Yeats

Vincent's Door

Wakeham

Walls End

Wallsend Cove

Wattes Close

Wattle Down

West Walls

West Wier

West Shoals

West Croft

Westlade

Weston

Wheat Lands

White's Close

Whits Cable

Will Stone’s Close

Woodland

Woolcombe

Woolland

Yeolands

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