English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Blacknor

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Black Nore 1892 Map

Etymology

, Black Nore 1892 Map , a rounded coastal promontory , probably ' black bank or shore ' , from blæc ( wk . ob . blacan ) and ora 1 , cf. GodNore and Portland Nore infra .

Places in the same Parish