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.

Slabcastle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chailey

Etymology

Slabcastle (6″) is a term of derision used in Sussex for a very small house covered with Horsham slate. The present house has been re-roofed but it may once have deserved this nickname (M.S.H.).