English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Blotting Raise

Other OS name in the Parish of Croglin

Historical Forms

  • Blaterueraise (sic) 1603 Gilsland

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Blaterueraise (sic)1603 Gilsland . There is a small tarn here , and the name doubtless means ' cairn by the dark tarn , ' v. blá(r) , tiǫrn , hreysi and cf. Blea Tarn supra 32 . The modern name shows that the u in the form of 1603 is due to the common 17th - century confusion of u and n .