The English surname Blackburn is an habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc meaning “dark” and  burna meaning “stream.” The surname is mainly found in northern England. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry de Blakeburn. This was dated 1206, in the "Curia Regis" rolls of Lancashire." Additional Early examples of the surname recording include: Willelmus de Blakeburne, a charter witness in Lindores in 1243, was the first of the name to be recorded in Scotland, whilst William de Blakburne was abbot of Cambuskenneth in 1394. The will of Edward Blackburne, of Leyland, in Lancashire, was recorded at the Wills Registry in the city of Chester in 1593. 

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