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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blackett Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Blakethweites 1205–16 NthCh

Etymology

, 1721 Will , Blakethweites 1205–16 NthCh v. blæc ( obl . blacan ) ' black ' or blāc ' bleak ' , þveit , cf. Blake Bank (i, 103supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name