The name Potton derives from the Old English words pott and tun meaning 'Pot Farm' or 'Pot Enclosure'. This could either refer to a place where pottery was produced or may simply be named afer a shape in the landscape. At the time of the Domesday Book the village was called Potone. In 1783 a fire, known as the 'Great Fire of Potton', started in a stack of clover and destroyed a large part of the town. It is said to have burned for a day. Now the parish population is 4,473 (as given in the 2001 Census) and the town has its own brewery (The Potton Brewery Company Ltd.).

Fire Station

The fire station in Potton stands on the site of an old tannery and it is possible that the events that have occurred there are associated with the sites former use and not its present one. Within the building odd events have occurred including strange noises with no known source.

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