Blanch
Early-attested site in the Parish of Warter
Historical Forms
- grangia de Blaunchemarl(e), Blaunchemarl(e) 1150–60 Melsa 1293 QW
- grangiam de Blanchemarl(e), Blanchemarl(e) 1153 YCh 1172etfreqto1303 Meaux 1205 ChR
- Blanch(e) 1156,13th Meaux
- Blanch(e) alias Blanche Marle 1614 FF
- Blaunch c.1200 Meaux
Etymology
This was a grange of Meaux Abbey and under French influence this name replaced the older Arras (supra 169). The name means 'white marl,' from OFr blanch and marle . Cf. Blaunchemarle quod Latine Albemarlia dicitur 1150–60 Melsa i, 101. There are many old chalk-pits in the fields about the grange.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Arras
- Brig Dale
- Dearsden
- Gildersdale
- Hollows
- Keasey
- Scarndale, Scarndale Hill
- Skygates Farm
- Yeadon Farm
- Baggaby Bottom
- Blakes Dale