English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Slitherstone Mine

Other OS name in the Parish of Peak Forest

Historical Forms

  • Slitherstone Lead Mines 1840 O

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Slitherstone Lead Mines 1840 O , ' slippery stone ' , from dial . slither ' slippery ' and stān .