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.

Black Dod, Blake Dod

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Blake Dod, Bleak Dod 1859 OS

Etymology

, Blake Dod , Bleak Dod 1859OS , v. blæc ( wk . blaca ) , dodde ' hill-top ' , cf. Dod Hill (i, 190supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement