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.

Blackwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Diptford

Historical Forms

  • Blackewill 1581 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Blackewill 1581SR . ' Dark spring , ' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement