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.

Sleddale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

  • Sleddal Cote 1301 LS
  • Sleddalle 1539 Dugdvi.275

Etymology

From OE  slæd 'a wide flat valley' and dæl. Cf. Sleddale (HangW) 267infra .