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.

Blacklains

Other OS name in the Parish of Brimpsfield

Historical Forms

  • Blacklaines 1837 TA
  • Blakelond 1380 MinAcct

Etymology

, Blacklaines 1837TA , possiblyidentical with Blakelond 1380MinAcct , v. blæc , leyne ' arable strip ' , land .