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.

Slaughterford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lower Slaughter

Historical Forms

  • wið slohterword 949 ib
  • Slahteruesford 1320 Ass

Etymology

Slaughterford (lost), replaced by Slaughter Bridge, slohtran ford 779 (orig) BCS 230, wið slohterword 949 ib 882, Slahteruesford 1320Ass . v. Slaughter (supra ), ford .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement