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.

Slough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Saunderton

Historical Forms

  • Slo 1340 NI
  • Slowe 1649 Foster

Etymology

OE  slō (g )e (dat.), 'slough, mire.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement