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.

Slough

Major Settlement in the Parish of Slough

Historical Forms

  • Slo 1195 Cur(P)
  • le Slowe 1437 Pat
  • le Slough 1443 Pat

Etymology

OE  sloh , 'slough, mire.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site