ANSTHRLD - Assistance requested: Name documentation

[S Friedemann]

> Talon of Blackoak
>
> I am told that "Blackoak" is the name of a forest near London, once much
> bigger than it is now.

Johnston's "Place Names of England and Wales" doesn't have a <Blackoak>, but
I've noticed lately that it isn't extremely thorough.

Reaney & Wilson give us better luck:  While there is not <Blackoak>, there
are various spellings of the root word "black," as well as "oak," and seeing
as there is a <Blakhurst> "dweller at the black wooded hill," <Blekelegh>,
<Blakeley>, <Blaklay> "dweller by the black wood," <Blakestok> "dweller at
the black stock," and <Blakethorn> "dweller at the black thorn," a
<Blakeoke> or some such is probably reasonable.

- -Aryanhwy

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