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.

Sloggar's Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weston

Historical Forms

  • Slograve 1314 SR
  • Slowgravegayte t.Ed6 Add
  • Sloegrave feild 1597 ib
  • Slograce filde 1599 Wills

Etymology

Sloggar's Wood (6″) is probably identical with Slograve 1314SR (p), Slowgravegayte t. Ed 6Add , Sloegrave feild 1597 ib., Slograce filde 1599 Wills. 'Sloe copse or thicket,' v. græfe .