English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Slough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanbridge

Historical Forms

  • la Slo 1297 SR
  • la Sclo 1314 ADii

Etymology

Self-explanatory. Cf. Slough (PN Bk 193, 243), all from OE  slōh .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement