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.

Wadeson's Slack

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Wadeson 1726–1758 PR(Md)

Etymology

, named from the local family of Wadeson (1726–1758 PR(Md) 16, 49) , v. slakki ' hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site