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.

Brake Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Canford Magna

Historical Forms

  • Blake Hill 1811 OS

Etymology

, altered from Blake Hill 1811OS , cf. Blake Hill Moor Fm 1811 ib , Blake Hill or Furzy Fd ,Gt Blake Hill & Lt Blake Hill 1822EnclA , ' dark hill ' from blæc ( wk . obl . blacan ) , hyll ; a stream called Black Water 1811 OS flows nearby into R . Stour , cf. Blackwater Bottom & Blackwater Hill 1822EnclA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement