Porlock

See also: porlock

English

High Street, Porlock

Bottom of Porlock Hill

Etymology

From Old English Portloc, from port +‎ loca, literally “harbour enclosure”.

Proper noun

Porlock

1. A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).

Derived terms

• man from Porlock
• person from Porlock
• Porlockian
• Porlock Weir
• West Porlock

Related terms

• Portlock

References

• Parish map

Further reading

• Porlock Hill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia