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.

West Blatchington

Major Settlement in the Parish of West Blatchington

Historical Forms

  • Blacinctona 1121 AC
  • Blacend' 1199 Cur
  • Blechin(g)ton, Blechyngton 1242 Fees691 1401 IpmR
  • Blechyngton juxta Shorham 1340 NI
  • Blachington, Blachyngton 1268 Ipm 1476 IpmR
  • Blachyngton Wayvyle 1439 Cicestr
  • Blaxinton, Blaxynton 1288 Ass
  • Blexinton 1482 IpmR
  • Blackyngeton 1291 Tax
  • Blackington 1386 IpmR
  • Blatchington or Bletchington 1795 FF

Etymology

'Blæcca 's farm,' v. ingtun . Wayvyle from the holding of the Weyuile family (cf. 1327 SR).

Places in the same Parish

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