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.

Blackaton

Other OS name in the Parish of Throwleigh

Historical Forms

  • Blakedon 1249,1285 Ass

Etymology

is Blakedon 1249, 1285Ass (p) . ' Dark hill , ' v. blæc , dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement