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.

Blakemorehylle

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • Blakemorehylle 1467×84 LTD
  • Black more hill 1712 Terrier
  • Blakemoor hill 1745 Terrier
  • Blakemoor Leys 1731 Terrier

Etymology

Blakemorehylle 1467 × 84, Blackmoor (e) hill 1625, 1675 et passim to 1709, Black more hill 1712, Blakemoor hill 1745, Blakemoor Leys 1731 (v. leys) (v. Bleak Moor supra)