Slapton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Slapton
Historical Forms
- Slapton(e) 1086 DB
- Slapetorn 1203 FF
- Slepton c.1220 For 1253 Ass
Etymology
'Farm in the slippery place,' v. slæp , tun and cf. Slapton (PN Bk 100). For the confusion in the second element cf. Hardingstone infra 147.