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.

Blackwall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirk Ireton

Historical Forms

  • Blakwall(e) 1415 DuLaMB 1431 FA 1442 HardCh 1478 ShefMD
  • Blackwall(e) 1438,1442 Woll 1467,1519 HardCh

Etymology

Blackwall, Blakwall (e )1415DuLaMB , 1431 FA, 1442HardCh , 1478ShefMD , Blackwall (e )1438, 1442Woll , 1467, 1519HardCh et passim . This is almost certainly named from the Blackwall family which was living there at the time of the earliest noted reference, cf. Thomas Blackwalle 1415DuLaMB . The family perhaps came from Blackwell supra 46.