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.

Blackwater

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderholt

Historical Forms

  • Blackwaters 1846 TA
  • Black Water 1811 OS

Etymology

, Blackwaters 1846TA , named from a stream called Black Water 1811OS , now Sleep Brook infra , v. blæc , wæter .