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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sleap

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • Eslepe 1086 DB
  • Slep' 1221 SAC 1744 PR(L)
  • Sclepe 1255 RH
  • Slaype 1526-7 SBL2000
  • Slape 1703 PR(L) 1764 PR(L)
  • Sleape 1577 Saxton 1702 PR(L)
  • Sleepe 1607 PR(L)
  • Sleap 1657 ib
  • Parua Slepe super Bilemers 1291-2 Ass
  • Grett Slepe 1556 SBL 345
  • Slepe Magna 1555 SBL 346
  • Great Slepe, Sleape Magna 1641 SBL 329

Etymology

'Slippery place', OE  slǣp. There is another Sleap, of identical etymology, in High Ercall parish. Slape represents the modern pronunciation.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name