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.

Blackerhill Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Blacker 17 PRThl

Etymology

, named from the local family of Blacker (17 PRThlpassim ) , cf. Blacker Beck 208supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement