Slindon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Slindon
Historical Forms
- Eslindone 1086 DB
- Slindon(e) 1188 P
- Slingdon 12th Add
Etymology
This is probably a compound of a lost OE slinu, 'slope,' hill,' and dun. v. PN La 185 (s. n. Slyne), and cf. Slindon (St), DB Slindone . This word would be allied to the slind of Slinfold infra 159. We may have this element in Slimbridge (Gl), DBHeslinbruge , 1281 Ipm Slinbrugge , which may mean 'bridge by the slope' or, less probably, 'sloping bridge.'