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.

Blackwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tredington

Historical Forms

  • Blacwælle 964 BCS1135 12th
  • æt Blace Wellan 978 KCD620 11th
  • Blacawella 11th Heming 1159–81 WoC c.1250
  • Blachewelle 1086 DB

Etymology

'Black stream or spring,' v. blæc , wielle .

Places in the same Parish