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.

Blatchworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoodleigh

Historical Forms

  • Blagewrthi 1238 Ass
  • Blackesworth' 1242 Fees760
  • Blakeworth 1242 Fees787
  • Blacchesworth(y) 1346 FA 1398 IpmR
  • Blakchesworthy 1428 FA

Etymology

Probably 6 Blæcci 's worþig ,' cf. Blachford supra 269.