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.

Block Fen

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimblington

Historical Forms

  • Blockffen 1549 Ct

Etymology

is Blockffen 1549Ct . ' Black marsh . ' Cf. Blockmoor Fensupra 198 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement