Is There a Blackwall Coat of Arms?

Blackwall is a familiar spelling of the English name Blackwell.

What does the surname Blackwall mean?

The family name meaning is “Dark spring”, the same as for Blackwell.

How is Blackwall related to Blackwell?

Blackwall writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Blackwell, a typical scribal difference. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Blackwel and Blakewell.

Does every Blackwall family have a crest?

Arms linked to Blackwell and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Blackwall family name pack.