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.

Blawath Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Blawath 1334 ForP
  • Blawoth 1619 NRS

Etymology

'Dark or black ford' v. blar , vað , bekkr .