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Bleakley Lane(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Weaverham

Historical Forms

  • Blakely Lane 1831 Bry

Etymology

( lost , 110–620737 to633727 ) , 1842 OS , Blakely Lane 1831 Bry , cf. the field of Blakelowe 1334VR , le Blakelowe 1347 Plea , ' black mound ' , v. blæc , hlāw , perhaps associated with Gibbet Hill infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site