English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Great Blunts

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buttsbury

Historical Forms

  • bosc' Andr' le Blund alias Laundriesfrit, Goyberdesfrit 1250 CottCh
  • Ginge Laundr' was Sir Andrew Blund's 1265 Misc
  • Bloundesfrith, Southblontesfrith 1323 For
  • Gynge Joybery Laundry 1402 FA
  • Blountes 1412 ib
  • Bluntes 1538 Ct
  • Bluntsplayne 1606 Bodl
  • Blund 1198 FF

Etymology

Great Blunts is bosc ' Andr ' le Blund alias Laundriesfrit , Goyberdesfrit 1250CottCh , Ginge Laundr ' was Sir Andrew Blund 's 1265 Misc, Bloundesfrith , Southblontesfrith 1323For , Gynge Joybery Laundry 1402 FA, Blountes 1412 ib., Bluntes 1538Ct , Bluntsplayne 1606Bodl . v. fyrhþ(e). Blunts from the family of Robert Blund (1198 FF). For other forms v. Buttsbury supra 242–3, Blunts Wall supra 146, and EAS xix, 51, 242–6.

Places in the same Parish