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Blacon Point

Other OS name in the Parish of St Oswald's & Holy Trinity

Historical Forms

  • an olde manor place (at Blaken Hedde) c.1536 Leland
  • Blacon alias Blakeney alias Blaconhall 1580 Cre
  • Blacon-Hall 1621 Orm2 1656 Hem 1645
  • Blacon-Hall Farm 1751 Sheaf, Cre
  • Blacon Hall 1842 OS 1847 Sheaf
  • Blacon Point Farm 1749,1815 Cre
  • Point Farm 1810 ib
  • Blacon Point House 1831 Bry

Etymology

( farm , 109 – 383673 ) , an olde manor place (at Blaken Hedde )c.1536 Leland, Blacon alias Blakeney alias Blaconhall 1580 Cre, Blacon -Hall 1621 (1656) Orm2, 1645 Hem,Blacon -Hall Farm 1751 Sheaf, Cre, Blacon Hall 1842 OS, 1847Sheaf, Blacon Point Farm 1749, 1815 Cre, Point Farm 1810 ib,Blacon Point House 1831 Bry , the site near Blacon Point infra of the original hall of Blacon destroyed at the siege of Chester . Blacon Point Fm continued to be known as Blacon Hall down to 1847 . The modern Blacon Hall is so named from c. 1831 . v. hall , cf. foll. and Blacon supra .