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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blakeley Lodge

Other OS name in the Parish of Etwall

Etymology

, cf. Blakelowefurlang 13thWelbeck , Black Lowes 1729 Cott , Blackeleyes 1598Hard , Blackleas 1599Hard , apparently ' black hill or mound ' , v. blæc , hlāw , with later interchange of hlāw and lēah , in this case in the plural .