Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (in) Blacewyrðe 987 KCD656(S1217,Finberg613) 13

• Blocheshorde 1086 DB

• Blochesborda Exon

• Blokesw(u)rth(e) 1200 Cur 1201 FF 1213 ClR 1366 Pat

• Blokeswrd' 1212 Fees

• Blokesworth(e) 1268 Ass 1465 Pat

• Blokysworthe 1370 DCMDeed

• Blockeswurth 1223 Pat

• Blockesworh 1244 FF

• Blockesworth(e) 1258 For 1268 Ass

• Est Blockesworth(e), West Blockesworth(e) 1280 1431 FA

• Blockeswort 1288 Ass

• Blokkesworth(e) 1244 1327 SR

• Est Blokkesworth(e) 1459 Lane

• West Blokkesworth(e) 1466 ib

• Est Blokkesworth(e), West Blokkesworth(e) 1500 ib

• Blockusw(o)rth', Blocckesw(o)rth' 1268 Ass

• Blockeseworth 1291 Tax

• Blockysworth 1303 FA

• Blockeswerdi 1250 Pap

• Blekeswrthe 1251 FF

• Ble(c)kesworth' 1280 Ass

• Blakesworth(') 1280 Ch 1288 Ass

• Bloxkesworth 1417 Fine

• Bloxworth(e) 1440 ib

• Bloxwourth 1550 Midd

• Bloxcewurth', Bloxceworth' 1545,1546 Lane

• East(e) Blox(e)worth(e) 1557 ib

• Bloxforde 1575 Saxton

Etymology

'Blocc's enclosure', from an OE  pers.n. Blocc and worð, cf. Bloxham O 394, Bloxholm Li and Bloxwich St (DEPN) all of which are held to contain this pers.n., and cf. Blockley Wo 98 which contains a wk. form Blocca . The OE spelling points rather to the OE  pers.n. Blaca with the variant wyrð , but it is probably corrupt; the charter itself from which it is taken may be spurious (S 1217). The isolated form Blokeswerdi (probably for Blokeswordi ) shows interchange of the second el. with w(e)orðig and Bloxforde shows confusion with ford . The present village is the former West Bloxworth, v. ēast , west .