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.

Blackford Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Redmarley D'Abitot

Historical Forms

  • Blacanmoresford 972 BCS1282 c.1050

Etymology

'Ford of the black marshy land,' an example of the genitival compound place-name and of the dropping of the middle element in a triple compound, as noted by Ritter (88, 155).