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.

Blea Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Blemor 1293 QW

Etymology

, 1771 M , Blemor 1293 QW , ' blue moor ' , v. blēo , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement