Meaning

10 senses

  1. A surname.

  2. A place in England:

    A settlement in Woodmancote parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2416).

  3. A hamlet in Bewdley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7974).

  4. A gritstone escarpment in the Pennine hills on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, properly Blackstone Edge.

  5. A place in the United States:

    An unincorporated community in Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois.

  6. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named after William Blaxton.

  7. An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

  8. A neighbourhood of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

  9. A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, named after William Blackstone.

  10. A suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Origin

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

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

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