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.

Sleight

Early-attested site in the Parish of Corfe Mullen

Historical Forms

  • Sleight 1811 OS
  • atte Sleyte 1327 SR 1332 SR

Etymology

Sleight (SY 986978), Sleight 1811 OS, atte Sleyte 1327SR , 1332 SR both (p), from slæget 'a sheep pasture', v. atte .