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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blakemoor Cottage

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Blakemere Moss 1831 Bry 1842 OS

Etymology

, named from Blakemere Moss 1831Bry, 1842 OS , ' black-pool bog ' , v. blæc , mere 1 , mos .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site