Blatherwycke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Blatherwycke
Historical Forms
- Blarewic(he) 1086 DB 1166,1175 P
- Blarewik' 1200 FF
- Blaerwich 1166 P(CR)
- Blarwic c.1150 Ch 1331
- Blatherwyk 12th Survey 1436 ADi
- Blatherewich 1242 Fees
- Blathirwyk 1248–61 BM
- Blayerwyk 1526 SR
- Bladerwiche c.1210 WellsR
- Bladherwic 1220 Fees
- Bladrewyc' 1230 P
- Bladerwyke al. Blatherwyk 1464 Pat
- Blauerwik 1229 Cl
- Blatherwygge 1391 Cl
- Bletherwyk(e) 1530 CtWards 1546 LP
Etymology
This is a difficult name, but from the point of view of form it looks as if the first element were OE blæd (d )re , ME bladder , blather , blether , 'bladder.' This is found as a common element in plant-names, e.g. bladder-wort , bladder-fern , bladder-campion , and is also used by itself in the plant-name bleddre , for berula , 'cardamine,' in a 15th cent, vocabulary (v. NED s. v .). It may be that just as Bromwich was a wic or farm where 'broom' grew in abundance, Blatherwycke was the farm where one of these bladder -plants was frequently found.