Editing Potters Bar (section)

==Etymology==
The origin of the ''Potters'' element of the town's name is uncertain; it is generally thought to be either a reference to a [[Roman Britain|Roman]] pottery, believed to have been sited locally, or alternatively to the ''Pottere'' family who lived in neighbouring [[South Mimms]] parish.<ref name=pb_name>[http://www.pbhistory.co.uk/name.html PBHistory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206000204/http://www.pbhistory.co.uk/name.html |date=6 December 2006 }} – Whats in a name?</ref> 

The ''Bar'' is thought to refer to the gates leading from the South Mimms parish and into the [[Enfield Chase]] parish; it could possibly hail from a [[Toll road|toll]] on the [[Great North Road (United Kingdom)|Great North Road]],<ref name=pb_name/> said to have been by what is now the disused ''[[The Green Man, Potters Bar|Green Man]]'' pub or at the current entrance to Morven House.