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.

Slaughterbridge Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shipley

Historical Forms

  • Sloghtrebrugge 1399 Ass

Etymology

Slaughterbridge Fm is Sloghtrebrugge in 1399 (Ass ). By here probably lived Edward atte Sloghtre of Thakeham (1327 SR).For the interpretation of the name, v. Slaughterford supra 177.