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.

Blackley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Blakelave e.13 Font
  • Blakelaue 13 ib
  • Blackley (Topp) 1651,1652 PREll
  • Blakeley 1817 M

Etymology

Blackley, Blakelave e. 13 Font, Blakelaue 13 ib, Blackley (Topp )1651, 1652 PREll, Blakeley 1817 M. 'The black hill or mound', v. blæc , hlāw .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name