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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blackshaw Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Blackshay brooke 1609 WYD

Etymology

, Blackshay brooke 1609 WYD , ' black copse stream ' , v. blæc , sceaga , brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name