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.

Daw's Blackpool and Middle and Lower Blackpool

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Molton (including Queen's Nympton)

Historical Forms

  • Blacapola 1086 DB
  • aqua de Blakepol 1238 Ass

Etymology

The 'water' must have been the Nadrid Water, v. supra 11. There was a Hugh Daw in the parish in 1734 (Wills).