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.

Blue Burnings

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Bleweborne Ings 1540 Fount

Etymology

, 1840TA , Bleweborne Ings 1540 Fount , from ME  blewe ' blue ' ( v. blēo ) , brún 2 ' brow of a hill ' , eng ; the name refers to the steep slope at the end of a ridge ; OE  burna ' stream ' is unlikely topographically .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement