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.

Blackwood House

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skipwith

Historical Forms

  • Blacwod (bosci) 1256 Dunelm 1280 Ch
  • Blakewodd 1277 RegAlb
  • Blakewod 1496 YD
  • Blakwod 1280 Misc

Etymology

Blackwood House is Blacwod (bosci )1256 Dunelm, 1280 Ch, Blakewodd 1277RegAlb , Blakewod 1496 YD, Blakwod 1280 Misc.v. blæc , wudu .

Places in the same Parish