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.

Slymlakes

Other OS name in the Parish of Axminster

Historical Forms

  • Slymelake 1541 CtAugm

Etymology

is Slymelake 1541CtAugm . ' Muddy stream , ' v. lacu and cf. Slimeford supra 224 .