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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bleaflatt

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Blayflat(t) 1581,1584,1596–1708 PR
  • Blaf(f)lat 1624–1674 ib
  • Bleaflat 1629 ib
  • Blaaflat 1647 ib

Etymology

, Blayflat (t )1581, 1584, 1596–1708 PR (freq ), Blaf (f )lat 1624–1674 ib (freq ), Bleaflat 1629 ib, Blaaflat 1647 ib , ' dark levelplot ' , v. blár , flat .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement