Sledmere
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sledmere
Historical Forms
- Slidemare 1086 DB
- Ledemare 1086 DB 1197 P
- Ledemer(e) late12th,13th Malton 1231 Ass 1245 FF 1253 Pat 1296 YI
- Sledmer(e) 12th Malton 1216–56 Kirkham 1828 Langd
- Sledmer(e) on the Woulde 1619 FF
- Scledmer 1159–81,1187–91 Kirkham
- Sledmar 1367 1498 Test
- Sledemer(e) 1157–70 Malton 1166 P 1241 FF 1355 FF
- Sleddemer(e) 1219 Ass 1223 FF 1297 LS 1316 NomVill
- Leddemere 1227 FF 1247 Ch
- Ledmer(e) 1279–81 QW 1336 Ch
Etymology
'Pool in the valley,' v. slæd , mere (influenced by OScand marr , cf. Marton supra 49). The village is in a very wide valley with gently sloping sides. There are several pools about, and one on the hillside near the church is probably the slæd -mere .This name and some others in the north (as Sleddale, PN NRY 149, 267) point to an Old Northumbrian by-form sled . The early spellings in Led (e )- exhibit a loss of initial s which occurs in Anglo-Norman (v. IPN 103). OE sledda (pers. name) is also possible.