Slipton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Slipton
Historical Forms
- Slipton(e) 1086 DB
- Sclipton' 1166 P(CR) 1237 Cl
- Scilpton 1348 Cl
- Clipton 1428 FA
- Sliptun 1199 FF
Etymology
The first element here may be the word slip used of mud or slime in the Promptorium (c. 1440), and have reference to the soil here. Cf. also Slipe Fm infra 239. Another alternative is to take it as containing the same word slipe found in Slipe Fm (PN Sx 280), and denoting strip of land. Cf. slipe infra 273.v. tun .