Blackwells End Green
hamlet · Gloucestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a green area at the end of a settlement named Blackwell. Blackwell itself means 'dark spring or stream'.
Word origins
- Blackwell
- Old EnglishAttesteddark spring or stream(from blæc "black", wella "spring, stream")
- End
- Old EnglishAttestedextremity, edge(from ende "end")
- Green
- Old EnglishAttestedvillage green, common land(from grēne "green")