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Survey of English Place-Names

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Black Leach

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Black Leack 1771 M

Etymology

, 1845TA , Black Leack 1771 M , v. blæc , læcc ' boggy stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name