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.

Slape Wath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

Slaipwath 1200–22 Guis

Slaypewath 1222 Guis

Etymology

'Slippery ford' from ON sleipr and vað.

Places in the same Parish