Victor Manley, in his Regional Survey Of The Warminster District, Volume Five, compiled in the 1920s and 1930s, listed and attempted to explain the meaning of local place names.
He included Black Hedge in his list, saying it was named on the “1840 Map of Warminster” and was “midway between Upton Scudamore forked roads, 1 mile, & railway,” adding that it “runs into Portway Lane.”
Elsewhere in his list Manley, referring to Black Hedge again, wrote: “note proximity of Bear Close barrow.”