Blackstone.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place in England: A settlement in Woodmancote parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2416).
A place in England: A hamlet in Bewdley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7974).
A place in England: A gritstone escarpment in the Pennine hills on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, properly Blackstone Edge.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois.
A place in the United States: A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, named after William Blaxton.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
A place in the United States: A neighbourhood of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
A place in the United States: A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, named after William Blackstone.
A suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Where this word comes from
From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”).
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