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.

Blagden Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Hempstead

Historical Forms

  • Blacdon hyl 1449 ERxxxvi
  • Black(e)don 1565–7 Ct
  • Blagden 1637 ib
  • Blackdon 1768 M

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Blacdon hyl 1449 ER xxxvi, Black (e )don 1565–7Ct , Blagden 1637 ib., Blackdon 1768 M . v. blæc , dun .