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.

Blencow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dacre

Historical Forms

  • Blenco 1231 Pipe
  • Blencou 1278,1279 Ass 1286 Ipm 1348 Pat 1359 Ipm
  • Blenkou 1279,1292 Ass 1285 For 1317 Cl
  • Blenckou 1279 Ass
  • Blenkowe 1293 FF
  • Gret Blencowe 1563 PR
  • Blencoo 1589 LRMB
  • Blencowe Magna 1608 LRMB
  • Blenkhaw 1255 Ipm
  • Blenkhowe 1285 For 1382 Cl
  • Blenkhou 1310 Greenfieldi
  • Blenchow 1278 Ass
  • Blenchou 1279 ib
  • Blenkhough 1324 Ass
  • Bleyngkowe 1398 Cl
  • Blynkowe 1509 LP
  • Blincowe 1604 LRMB
  • Blencow parva c.1545 CWxiv
  • Littell Blencowe 1568 PR
  • Blencowe Hall 1587 ib
  • Lathes 1292 Ass
  • Blencoe-Lathes 1575 Orig

Etymology

The ON  haugr, 'hill', has here been added to some earlier British place-name, possibly a derivative of blaen , 'point, summit.' Cf. DEPN s. n .