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Survey of English Place-Names

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Slode

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Sload 1624 Greave 1662 HAS
  • The Slode 1709 WMB

Etymology

Slode, the Sload 1624 Greave, 1662 HAS 17, 216, The Slode 1709 WMB, of obscure origin, but possibly from an OE  *slād 'slide, slippery place' or the like (cf. OE slīdan , pa.t. slād 'to slide'); Sload is just below the peak of a hill by Mount Tabor Rd.; the name may therefore be also ultimately related to the obsolete Do dial. sloading 'athwart a hill' (EDD s.v.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement