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Lob Slack, Lob Slack Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • Lobs Slack 1813 Orm2
  • Lobs Slack Plantation 1831 Bry
  • Lob Slack 1816 EnclA
  • Lob Slack Wood 1842 OS

Etymology

, Lobs Slack 1813 Orm2, Lobs Slack Plantation 1831 Bry, Lob Slack 1816EnclA , Lob Slack Wood 1842 OS , v. slakki ' a hollow ' . Lob may be dial . lob ' mud; a thick mixture ' , or ModE  lob ' a lubber , a clumsy bumpkin ; a kind of oafish goblin ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name