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).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bogs Barn
- Mill Row
- Blockley Downs & Blockley Park Fm
- Marbrook
- Aston Hale
- Bank Fm
- Blakemore Covert
- Bran Mill
- The Cam
- The Dingle
- Ditchford Mill
- Dovedale
- Furze Bank
- Hailstone Fm
- Hangman's Hall Fm
- Hide Barn
- Hill Barn
- The Holt
- Kettle's Barn
- Knee Bridge
- Norcombe Wood
- Oldborough
- Sandpit Bridge
- Shales Coppice
- Snugborough Mill
- Stapenhill Fm
- Walland Barn
- Warren Fm
- Wellacre Fm