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.

Blakeley Brow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Neston

Historical Forms

  • Blakeley Brow Farm 1845 TA
  • Blakely 1831 Bry
  • Bleaky Brow 1842 OS
  • Brow Lane 1831 Bry

Etymology

Blakeley Brow (109–335808) [ˈbleikli], Blakeley Brow Farm 1845TA , Blakely 1831 Bry, Bleaky Brow 1842 OS, Brow Lane 1831 Bry, 'hill-side at a dark clearing', v. blæc , lēah , brū . cf. Blakeley infra , Raby Hall Rd 229infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site