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.

Blakewell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marwood

Historical Forms

  • Blachewilla 1086 DB
  • Blakewill(e) 1198 FF 1242 Fees784

Etymology

'Black stream or spring,' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement