Blackstone

Meaning

1. A gritstone escarpment in the Pennine hills on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, properly Blackstone Edge.
2. A place in England:
3. A settlement in Woodmancote parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2416).
4. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named after William Blaxton.
5. An unincorporated community in Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois.
6. A place in the United States:
7. A hamlet in Bewdley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7974).
8. A surname.

Etymology / origin

From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”).

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