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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bleak Knoll

Other OS name in the Parish of Abney

Historical Forms

  • Blacklow 1319 DbAxxix 16th 1736 ib

Etymology

, to be identified with Blacklow 1319 (16th) DbA xxix, 1736 ib , v. blæc , hlāw .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement