Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Slingmore 1713 PT

Etymology

( lost ) , 1824 O , Slingmore 1713PT , cf. Slingsmoor (Bottom )1703, 1844LindDep 29 , Great Slingsmoor , Little Slingsmoor , Slingsmoor Wood 1839TA , Slingsmoor Plantation 1844LindDep 29 , on the boundary with Aylesby , so Meer is no doubt from OE  (ge)mǣre ' a boundary ' , with the common confusion with moor . The first el . is probably to be connected with Slenggesberg c.1200 Dane , Slengesberg Ed1 (Hy4)DuLaGCB , the first el . of which is an ON  byname *Slengr , on which v. SPNLY 255 , where the first of the two forms is quoted and Reaney s.n. Sling , the second el . is probably ON  berg ' a hill ' , perhaps ' a mound ' , hence a Scand . compound .