Blackshawmoor Reservoirs
lake or loch · Staffordshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name refers to reservoirs located on a moor characterized by dark soil or vegetation. 'Reservoirs' indicates artificial lakes for water storage.
Word origins
- Black
- Old Englishdark-coloured(from blæc "dark, black")
- shaw
- Old Englishwood, copse(from sceaga "wood, copse")
- moor
- Old Englishmoorland, heath(from mōr "moor")
- Reservoirs
- Unknownreservoirs