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Survey of English Place-Names

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Slack

Other OS name in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Deanefeild Slacke 1618 PRKy
  • the Slacke 1625 ib

Etymology

, Deanefeild Slacke 1618PRKy, the Slacke 1625 ib , v. Dean Fields supra , slakki ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement