Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Blacker 1316 WCR 1323 MinAcct 1371 YDviii

• Blacker Hall 1552,1642 WillY

• Blakkare, Blackare 1394,1395 YDvi

• Blakkerhall 1516 YDviii

Etymology

Blacker Hall, 1672Bretton 71, Blacker 1316 WCR, 1323MinAcct 45, 1371 YD viii, Blacker Hall 1552, 1642 WillY, Blakkare , Blackare 1394, 1395 YD vi, Blakkerhall 1516 YD viii. 'Black marsh', v. blæc , kjarr; this p.n. has been suggested (YAJ xxxv, 235) to have originated in the name of the Blacker family (cf. Blacker i, 292supra ), but this is a common YW p.n. and may well be a spontaneous and descriptive p.n.