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 Fm, Blagdon Hill & Blagdon Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Historical Forms

  • Blagdon 1811 OS
  • terra de Blakedona 13 Forde 15
  • Gt Blagdon Hill, Blagdon Md 1839 TA

Etymology

( Blagdon 1811 OS ) , terra de Blakedona 13 (15) Forde , Gt Blagdon Hill , Blagdon Md 1839TA , thus identical with Blackdown (Hill) supra which lies some 2 ½ miles W in this par .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement