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.

White Low, White Low Slack

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Whitelow Slack 1842 ib

Etymology

, Whitelow Slack 1842 ib , ' (hollow at) the white-hill ' , v. hwīt , hlāw , slakki .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site