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The Slaughter

Other OS name in the Parish of English Bicknor

Historical Forms

  • Shlocterus 12 Flax
  • Sloughpath c.1340 For

Etymology

, Shlocterus 12 Flax (p) , v. slōhtre ' mire,slough ' ( as in Slaughter i, 206supra ) ; there was a place here called Sloughpath c. 1340 For , from slōh ' slough ' , pæð ; the name refers to the ground along the bank of the Wye .