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.

Blacker

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • (the) Blacker 1307,1331 WCR 1461 MinAcct
  • the Blackkerre 1351 HAS
  • Blacker in Hipperam 1405 WCR4
  • Blakker 1492 MinAcct

Etymology

Blacker (lost), (the ) Blacker 1307, 1331 WCR, 1461MinAcct , the Blackkerre 1351 HAS 4, 58, Blacker in Hipperam 1405WCR 4, Blakker 1492MinAcct . 'Black marsh', v. blæc , kjarr , cf. Blacker i, 292supra . The place was in the Shibden valley, probably near Horley Green (cf. HAS 7, 94).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement