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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 Gate & Blea Gill, Bleagill Waterfall

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • ye Waterfall in Blaygill 1717 Raist

Etymology

( cf. Blea Beck 1846TA ) ( ye Waterfall in Blaygill 1717Raist ) , v. blá(r) ' dark ' , bekkr , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site