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.

Bracklands

Other OS name in the Parish of Chickerell

Historical Forms

  • Blacklands 1839 TA

Etymology

, changed from Blacklands 1839TA , v. blæc , land .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement