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Survey of English Place-Names

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Slipper Low

Other OS name in the Parish of Brassington

Historical Forms

  • Sleperelowe Ed1 Kniveton

Etymology

, Sleperelowe Ed 1Kniveton , Slipper low 1620 CPG , perhaps ' slippery hill ' , v. slipor ( n ) , hlāw .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement