Blackdown, Blackdown Hill, Blackdown Ctg & Blackdown Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwindsor
Historical Forms
- Blakedoune 1271 Forde 15
- Blakedon (montem qui vocat' Blakedon) 1275 RH 1323 Ipm
- Blakedowne 15 Forde
- Blackedowne 1499 Ipm
- Blackdown(e) Hill 1663 DCMSurv 1839 TA
- Blackdown 1689 DCMRent
Etymology
Blackdown (ST 396031), Blackdown Hill (1811 OS), Blackdown Ctg & Blackdown Ho (1811 OS), Blakedoune 1271 (15) Forde , Blakedon (montem qui vocat ' Blakedon )1275 RH, 1323 Ipm, Blakedowne 15Forde , Blackedowne 1499 Ipm, Blackdown (e ) Hill 1663DCMSurv , 1839TA , Blackdown 1689DCMRent . 'Dark-coloured hill', from blæc (wk.obl. blacan ) and dūn ; the elongated hill here rises to 700′. Blagdon Fm & Blagdon Hill infra some 2½ miles E also in this par. are identical in origin (some forms cited above may rather belong there), as is Blagdon Fm & Blagdon Hill in Cranborne par. 2 207.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Castlewoods Fm
- Drimpton
- Hr Newnham Fm & Lr Newnham Fm, Newnham Knap Fm
- Childhay (Fm)
- Littlewindsor
- Causeway
- (South) Langley
- Lewesdon Hill
- Norton Hill (Plants.)
- Attisham
- Axe Fm
- Dibberford, N Dibberford & S Dibberford, Rock Dibberford
- Netherhay (Fm)
- Sandpit, (Lr) Sandpit Fm
- Uphay
- Wantsley Fm
- Whetley Cross & Whetley Fm
- Wulsieslande
Other OS name
- Bridge Fm
- Clapton Bridge, Clapton Fm
- Common Water
- Cuckoo Lane
- Easton's Hill Coppice
- Foxbury Coppice & Foxbury Ctgs
- Heifer Mill Ctgs
- Holy Trinity Church
- Redland's Fm
- Baker's Mill
- Birdsmoor Gate (Fm)
- Blagdon Fm, Blagdon Hill & Blagdon Lane
- Boyden Wood
- Bragg's Pit
- Clanden Hill
- Cole's Cross
- Crocker's Ctg
- Emlands Bridge
- Foxholes Ctgs & Foxholes Plant.
- Greenham
- Haines's Lane
- Halscombe Bridge
- Hardy's Lane
- Haydon Villa
- Hayes
- Holly Fm & Holly Lane
- Racedown Fm
- (Lr) Causeway Coppice, Causeway Lane
- Colepay Ctg
- Coombe Ctg & Coombe Fm
- Dry Close Plant.
- The Firs
- Grange Corner
- Hollis Hill
- Honeycombe Fm
- Horn Hill
- Horn Park, Horn Park Coppice
- Hurst Fm
- Kittwhistle
- Knapp
- Lewesdon Hill Lane
- Leycroft Ctg
- Locust Common Coppice
- Low Down Fm
- Manor Fm
- Mill
- Moor Lane
- Netherhay Lane & Netherhay Bridge
- Newgate
- Nine Acre Pit
- Hr Park Fm & Lr Park Fm, Old Park Coppice
- Pilsdon Pen
- Pitman's Grave
- Yarn Barton
- Attisham Lane
- Axe Lane
- Childhay Coppice & Childhay Lane
- Cockpit, Cockpit Hill
- Colcombe Fm
- Conegar Hill
- Drimpton Cross, (Lr) Drimpton Fm, Drimpton Ho
- Fernside
- Frog Pool
- Higher Coppice
- Potwell Covert & Potwell Fm
- St John The Baptist Church
- St Mary's Church
- Schoolhouse Fm
- School Lane
- Sea View Ctg
- Specket Ctg & Specket Lane
- Spring Close Lake & Spring Close Osier Bed
- Springfield
- E Swilletts Fm & W Swilletts Fm, Swilletts Wood
- Synderford Coppice, Hr Synderford Fm
- Temple Brook Fm
- Templeman's Ash
- The Triangle
- Tunnel Ho
- Turnpike Ctg
- The Twelve Apostles
- Venn Chapel, Venn Hill (Coppice)
- Vicarage
- Whetham Mill Cross & Whetham Lane
- Wood Lane