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.

Bloan

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Blawn 1742 PR(B)
  • Blown(e) 1769,1776 1829 Dir 1843 TA
  • -mouth 1843 ib

Etymology

, 1863 OS , Blawn 1742 PR(B), Blown (e )1769, 1776 ib, 1829 Dir,1843TA , (-mouth ) 1843 ib ; the name refers to a farm on the water - meadows between Powbrand Sike and the R. Belah ; it is obscure ; the use of mouth suggests that it could refer to a stream or river .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name