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Earnsdale Reservoir

lake or loch · Blackburn with Darwen

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name likely means 'reservoir by the marsh'. It combines the Old English 'ear' (ear, or possibly a variant of 'eare' meaning shore/bank) with 'dæl' (valley or dale).

Word origins

ear
Old Englishear, or possibly shore/bank(from eare "ear", ear "shore, bank (less common)")
dale
Old Englishvalley, dale(from dæl "valley, dale")