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.

Blakeley

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke upon Tern

Historical Forms

  • Blackley Meadow 1684 SBL14677 1796
  • Blakeley 1840 TA

Etymology

( Blakeway on 1963 1 ″ map ) : Blackley Meadow 1684(1796) SBL 14677 , Blakeley (a field with no house) 1840TA . There are fields called Blakeley , Blakelow in Eaton township , ½ mile distant .