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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blackpool Bridge & Blackpool Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • le Blakepulle(forde) 1282 For
  • Black Pool (Brook) 1758,1841 Comm

Etymology

Blackpool Bridge & Blackpool Brook, le Blakepulle (forde )1282For , Black Pool (Brook )1758, 1841Comm . v. blæc , pull , ford .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement