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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blakeney Bailey

Early-attested site in the Parish of Awre

Historical Forms

  • bal(l)iua de Blakeney(e) c.1270,1282 For
  • the Baillifwik of Blakeney 1486 Pat
  • Black(e)neyes Baylie, Black(e)neyes Ba(y)lye 1628,1692 Comm

Etymology

Blakeney Bailey, bal (l )iua de Blakeney (e )c. 1270, 1282For , the Baillifwik of Blakeney 1486 Pat, Black (e )neyes Baylie , Black (e )neyes Ba (y )lye 1628, 1692Comm . A bailiwick of the Forest of Dean (v. baillie ).