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.

Sleyth

Field in the Parish of Plumstead by Holt

Historical Forms

  • Sleyth 1390 SuffD
  • Sudale 1201 FF 1257 Ass
  • Suthdale 1202 FF
  • Suddal ' 1203 ,
  • Suddale 1234 FF 1286 Ass

Etymology

Sleyth 1390 SuffD(v. slæget'sheep pasture'); Robert de Sudale 1201 FF, Robert deSuthdale 1202 ib, Simon de Suddal' 1203 Cur, Reg. de Suddale 1234 FF, Will. deSudale 1257 Ass, Will. de Suddale 1286 ib(v. sūð and dalr, all from the Plumstead-Barningham-Wolterton area)