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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.

Bleawick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Blawyk 1256 Ass13 1292 ib
  • Blawike 1787 ClarkeM
  • Blowyk 1292 Ass16d,19d
  • Blow Wick 1823 M
  • Blewyk 1292 Ass46
  • Bleawyke 1839 TA

Etymology

Bleawick [ˈbli:wik], Blawyk 1256Ass 13(p), 1292 ib 2(p), Blawike 1787 ClarkeM, Blowyk 1292Ass 16d, 19d(p), Blow Wick 1823 M, Blewyk 1292Ass 46(p), Bleawyke 1839TA . 'The dark creek', v. blá(r), vík ; it refers to a small bay in Ullswater.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name