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.

Bluntington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chaddesley Corbett

Historical Forms

  • Bluntindon 1275 Ass 1291 Ipm
  • Blontindon 1275 SR

Etymology

OE  Bluntingdūn , 'Blunt's hill,' v. dun and ing (used with the same force as in ingtun names). For this pers. name v. Bluntisham (PN BedsHu 204) and cf. further Blunt's Hall (Ess), earlier Blunteshale .