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.

Sleightholme

Other OS name in the Parish of Holme East Waver

Historical Forms

  • Sleight Holme 1538 MinAcct
  • Sletholme 1552 March
  • Slightholme 1640 Ct

Etymology

is Sleight Holme 1538MinAcct , Sletholme 1552 March, Slightholme 1640Ct . ' Level meadow , ' v. slétta , holmr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement