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.

Blagill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Blagile 1278 Ass
  • Blagyle 1292 ib
  • Blagyll 1513 Derwent
  • Bleagill 1622 CWxiv
  • Blaygill 1632 Derwent

Etymology

'Dark ravine,' v. blá(r), gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement