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.

Bleatarn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Irthington

Historical Forms

  • Blaterne c.1240 Weth 1610 Naworth
  • Bletterne 1589 ExchKR
  • Bletteren 1596 Border
  • Blaytarne 1600 CWxi
  • Blaitorn 1618 Naworth
  • Blateran 1633 ib
  • Bleatern 1708 PR(Crosby)

Etymology

'Dark tarn,' v. blá(r), tiǫrn .