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.

Slain

Other OS name in the Parish of Cheadle

Etymology

, perhaps slinu ' a slope ' , if this is an old p.n. This would suit the topography , but no early form has been found .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name