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.

Black Pots

Other OS name in the Parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside

Historical Forms

  • le Blakepottes 1338 Cl
  • Blackpotts 1578 Cocker

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Blakepottes 1338 Cl,Blackpotts 1578Cocker . ' Black pits . '