Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bland 13 YDi 1220–1260 Cockers 1226 FF 1257 Ch 1630 PRSed

• Blande 1451,1501 Cockers 1560 FF

Etymology

Bland, Bland 13 YD i, 1220–1260 Cockers (freq ), 1226 FF, 1257 Chet passim to 1630 PRSed, Blande 1451, 1501 Cockers, 1560 FF. This is the name of a hill-side between Arant Haw and Swarth Greaves.Ekwall has suggested that the name is an old river-name from ON  Blanda (derived from blanda 'to mix, to blend'), which may be found in the Norw  p.n. Blandhol , though that could be from the ON  byname Blanda (NElv 18); the word also occurs in the name of a glacial river in Iceland, where it is obviously to be connected with OIcel  blanda 'a mixture of whey and water'.