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.

(New) Slepe (Hall)

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Ives

Historical Forms

  • Slæpi 672 BCS28 c.1200
  • Slepe 1086 DB

Etymology

v. slæp , the reference being evidently to muddy low-lying ground by the river. Slepe was the older name of the whole manor of St Ives. v. Addenda.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement