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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blakethwaite Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Blackethwaite 1689 Will

Etymology

, Blackethwaite 1689 Will , v. þveit ' clearing ' , the first el . is probably blæc ( wk . obl . blaca ) ' black ' or a surname from it , cf. Blake Bank (i, 103supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement