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.

Blackburn

Other OS name in the Parish of Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • Blackbourne 1771 M

Etymology

, Blackbourne 1771 M , v. blæc , burna ' stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name