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 Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Halwell

Historical Forms

Blakedoune 1382 Pat

Etymology

is Blakedoune 1382 Pat . v. blæc , dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Halwell