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.

Blirt Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Blertt 1592,1595 PR

Etymology

, 1859OS , named from the local family of Gilbartt or Ellin Blertt 1592, 1595 PR 23, 97 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement