Slippery Ford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Keighley
Historical Forms
- Sletherefeurd (sic) 1556 FF
- Sliddereyford als. Sliddereford 1581 FF
- Slithery(e)fo(a)re, Slitherifo(a)re 1617,1621 PRKy
- Slitheriford(e) 1618 1654 WillS
- Sletheriforde 1639 WillY
Etymology
Slippery Ford, Sletherefeurd (sic)1556 FF, Sliddereyford als. Sliddereford 1581 FF, Slithery (e )fo (a )re , Slitherifo (a )re 1617, 1621 PRKy, Slitheriford (e )1618 ib, 1654 WillS, Sletheriforde 1639 WillY. 'Slippery ford', v. ford . The original first el. is ME slideri (from OE slidor 'slippery') as in Slithero Bridge iii, 74supra and Slidrihou c. 1213 Cockers (in Ainsdale La).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Utley
- Laycock
- Newsholme
- Thwaites
- Braithwaite
- Calversyke Hill
- Exley Head
- Hainworth
- Ingrow
- Whin Knoll
- Oldfield
- North Beck, formerly Kicheburn
- Scholes
Other OS name
- Fell Lane
- Goff Well
- Haincliffe
- Hainworth Shaw
- Hard Ings Rd
- Hermit Hole
- Herncliffe
- Highfield Lane
- Hill Top
- Hog Holes
- Hole Fold
- Holme
- Hutler Hill
- Ingrow Fold
- Intake
- Kirkstall Wood
- Strong Close
- Uncra
- Whinburn
- The Whins, Whins Wood
- Wingate
- Woodhouse
- Woodworth
- Yew Bank
- Aspar Hill
- Black Hill
- Craven Wood
- Fleets
- Haggate Nook
- Hebble Bank & Hebble Row
- Holme Ho
- Nettle Hole
- Sheep Hole
- Slack
- Slatesden
- Slaymaker Lane
- Slippery Beck
- Smallden Clough & Smallden Head
- Sough (Hole)
- Stell Hill
- Wet Head Hill
- Will Clough
- Wood Gate
- Worlds (Hill)
- Alder Wood
- Flat Top
- Black Hill
- Bracken Bank
- Browfield
- Burnside
- Castle Hill
- Clay Hall
- Cliffe Castle
- Damems
- Dawslack
- Eastwood
- Fair Ho
- Far Laithe
- High Fold & Low Fold
- Knowle Park
- Long Lee
- Lund Park
- Moorhouse Wood
- Moss Carr
- Oak Bank
- Parker's Lane
- Park Wood
- Pierce Close
- Red Holt
- Royd Field
- High Shann & Low Shann
- Stockbridge Mills
- Stoneycroft Lane
- Thorncroft
- Aynholme
- Cliff Green
- Flask
- Goose Cote
- Hare Hill
- Hill Top
- Honey Hole
- Hoyle Ho
- Keighley Moor
- Lane End
- Laverock Hall
- Lidget
- Limescar Hole
- Long Gate (Head)
- Low Bank
- Lumb Hill
- Lund Lane
- Middle Hill
- Moor End & Moor Ho
- Morkin Beck & Morkin Hill
- Newsholme Dean
- Ogden Stones
- Old Bess
- Old Ibber Dike
- Owl Hill
- Park, Park Ho
- Parson Field
- Pickles Hill
- Quake
- Raven Scar
- Redcar Tarn
- Red Mires
- Roger Meadow
- Roms Greave Hill
- Round Hill
- Royd
- Scar Top
- The Sea
- Sheep Hills
- Standing Stone
- Summer Stone
- White Hill
- Wolf Stones
- Green Ho
- Lindens
- Thorn Bank
- Wheat Head
- Bent (Fm)
- Cob Stone
- Crumber Hill
- Cutshaw
- Dean Beck, Dean Clough & Dean Fields
- Denby Hill
- Dob Field
- Dockroyd
- Dry Clough
- Fairy Fold Dike
- Fallow Lane
- Field Head
- Gill Clough
- Hanging Stone
- Hey Lane
- Mossy Pit
- Nook Beck
- Spring Head
- Stony Hill
- Sutton Stoop
- Sykes Head
- Syke Top
- Tarn Hill & Tarn Laddy
- Todley Hill
- Trap Nook
- True Well Hall
- Turnshaw
- Two Laws
- Water Sheddles Cross
- Well Head
- West End
- West Field
- Wild Fell
- Aireworth
- Ferncliff
- Green Head Lane
- Lawk Holme
- Sunny Bank
- Weasel Wood
- Bare Hill
- Blank
- Blue Scar
- Bogthorn
- Boston Hill
- Bottoms
- Branshaw
- Broad Head
- Brow End
- Brown Hill
- Buft Hole
- Bullions
- Burnt Hill
- Butter Clough
- Cackleshaw
- Cross
- Game Scar
- Goose Eye
- Green Lane
- Green Sykes
- Green Top
- Green Well Fm
- Grey Stones
- Griff Wood
- Harewood Hill
- Hob Cote & Hob Ing
- Mucky Place
- Oakworth Moor
- Spring Wells
- Street Head
- Wheat Head
- Withens