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.

Bleak Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Gnosall

Historical Forms

  • Bleak Hills 1833 O
  • Blakehill 1678 ParReg

Etymology

, Bleak Hills 1833 O, Blakehill 1678 ParReg , v. blæc ( blacan wk . obl . ) , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement