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.

Black Hough

Other OS name in the Parish of Haughton

Historical Forms

  • the Blacke Hough, Blakehalghe Eliz ChancP
  • the Black Hough 1836 O

Etymology

, the Blacke Hough , Blakehalghe Eliz ChancP, the Black Hough 1836 O , v. blæc ( blacan wk . obl . ) , halh , later replaced by hōh .