Raven Slack
Early-attested site in the Parish of New Mills
Historical Forms
- Raveneslak 1285 For
- Rowenslack Eliz DuLa
- Ravenslack 1625 Rental
- Raveneslach 1285 For
Etymology
Raven Slack (6″), Raveneslak 1285For , Rowenslack ElizDuLa , Ravenslack 1625Rental , 'shallow valley frequented by raven', v. hræfn , hrafn , slakki ; the first element might alternatively be a pers.n. formed from the common noun. With this must be taken the adjacent Ravens Leach (6″), Raveneslach 1285For , with an identical first element and the second element læc(c) 'slow sluggish stream'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Aspenshaw Hall
- Beard Hall
- Beardhough
- Cown Edge Rocks
- Knightwake
- Ladyshaw Bottom
- Ollersett
- Rowarth
- Shedyard
- Strines
- Thornset
- Whitle
Other OS name
- Anderton Ho
- Bakehurst
- Ballbeard
- Bank Head
- Bate Mill
- Beard Mill
- Beardwood Fm
- Blake Hall
- Briergrove
- Broadhurst
- Brownhill
- Butcher's Piece Fm
- Butterbank Plantation
- Charson Green
- Cloughhead
- Coalpit Hill
- Cobsters
- Cold Harbour
- Crowther
- Diglands
- Downs Bank
- Eaves Knoll
- Far Slack
- Feeding Hey
- Gibb Hey
- Golden Spring
- Gowhole
- Hague Fold
- Hidebank
- Highfield
- High Hill
- High Lee
- Highwalls
- Hollinhurst Head
- Hollins
- Howcroft Fm
- Hutfall Plantation
- Jordanwall Nook
- Ladygate Fm
- Low Leighton
- Moor Lo
- Napkin Piece
- Nob Hall
- Over Lee
- Pole Lane
- Popples
- Redishaw
- Ringstones
- Robin Hood's Picking Rods
- Tanpits Fm
- Thecks
- Thornset Fields
- Watford Villa
- Wethercotes
- Whitle Bank
- Will Hey
- Windy Knowl