Blackawton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Blackawton
Historical Forms
- Auetona 1086 DB 1266 Exon
- Blakeaueton(e) 1281 Ass 1308 Exon
- Blakaueton 1284 FA 1338 ADiv
- Blakauueton 1291 Ass
- Blake Aueton 1303 FA
- Aveton 1330 Exon
- Blackawton al. Blackaveton 1671 Deed
Etymology
This may be 'Afa 's farm,' v. tun , but it is possible that the first element is a stream-name 'Avon,' as in Aveton Giffard supra 265. If so it must have been an earlier name of the Gara river supra 6. The significance of the element Black is obscure.