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.

Blagdon

Other OS name in the Parish of Paignton

Historical Forms

  • Blakedune 1242 Fees786 1436 BM

Etymology

is Blakedune 1242 Fees 786et freq to 1436 BM with variant spelling Blakedon (e ) . ' Dark hill , ' v. blæc , dun .