Slimbridge
Major Settlement in the Parish of Slimbridge
Historical Forms
- Heslinbruge 1086 DB
- Slimbrug(ia), Slymbrug(ia), Slymbrug(g)e c.1153,1189–1200 Berk 13 Glouc 1220 Fees 1234 Cl c.1240 Berk 1487 Pat
- Slymbrig(ge), Slymbryg 1166 RBE 1221 Ass 1234 Cl 1505 Pat
- Slymbregge 1438 Pat
- Slymbrudge 1535 VE
- Slymbridge 1535 VE 1727 PR
- Slimbergge 1166 RBE
- Slymburgge 1349 FF
- Slinbrigg(a), Slynbrigg(a) 1200–10 Berk 1477 Ipm
- Slynbrugg 1280 ib
- Slumbrig', Slumbrug' 1221 Ass
- Slembrigg(e) 1285 FA 1291 Tax 1307 Pat
- Slympbrugg 1295 Episc
- Slymebrigge 1493 Ipm
Etymology
'Bridge over the mud or muddy place', v. slīm 'slime, mud', brycg . It may be a bridge over one of the streams here or a 'hard track' (a sense brycg sometimes has) through a muddy spot. OE slīm is found also in Slymwere in Ham (228supra ).