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.

Blockley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Blockley

Historical Forms

  • Bloccanleeh 855 BCS488 11th
  • Bloccanlea 11th 978 KCD620 11th
  • Bleccelea (sic) 964 BCS1135 12th
  • Blochelei 1086 DB
  • Blokele(ia), Blokelege 1195 Abbr 1221 Eyre 1255 Ch
  • Blockele(ia), Blockeley(e) 12 WinchLB 1206 Abbr 1209 Fees 1348 WinchLB
  • Blokkele(y) 1242 Theok 1291 Tax 1306 Ass
  • Blocleg 1270 Ch
  • Bloklei 1404 WinchLB

Etymology

'Blocca's forest-glade or clearing', v. lēah ; the pers.n. is an otherwise unknown OE  Blocca , a weak form of the Blocc found in Bloxham (O 394).