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Blue Bache Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Audlem, Acton & Wrenbury

Historical Forms

  • Blue Beech 1831 Bry 1842 OS
  • Blew Bache 1880 Sheaf

Etymology

, [ -bætʃ ] , Blue Beech 1831 Bry, 1842 OS, Blew Bache 1880 Sheaf , ' dark, or blue valley-stream ' , from ME  blew ( < OFr  bleu ) ' blue ' , cf. blāw , blá(r) , with bece 1 , bæce 1 . The name probably means ' cold, dark hollow ' , but may refer to some natural characteristic e.g. blue flowers .