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.

Black Ditch

Other OS name in the Parish of Wallingford

Historical Forms

Le Blakewyche 1411 BC c.1444

Blakdiche 1467 ib

Etymology

, Le Blakewyche 1411 (c. 1444) BC, Blakdiche 1467ib , v. blæc , dīc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Wallingford

Early-attested site