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.

Blands

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Blandsgillhouse in Kirthwaite 1647 WillS
  • Blands Gill 1847 TA

Etymology

, Blandsgillhouse in Kirthwaite 1647 WillS, Blands Gill 1847TA , named from the local family of Bland ( 1615 PRDnt 11, etc. , cf. Bland, Blandses,Bland's Gill 264–5infra ) , v. gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement