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.

Blackvent Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Godstone

Historical Forms

  • Black Vein 1842 TA
  • ate Blakefene 1336 LGo

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Black Vein 1842TA , and is to be associated withHenry ate Blakefene (1336 LGo) . ' Black fen ' or ' marsh , ' the t being excrescent .