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.

Slapton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Slapton

Historical Forms

  • Sladona 1086 DB
  • Slapton(e) 1244 Ass
  • Slapetone t.Ed1 HMCv,599
  • Slopton 1339 Cl
  • Slepton 1534 LP
  • Slaplonde 1270 Ass

Etymology

'Farm by the slippery place,' v. slæp , tun . Slapton lies low.