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Survey of English Place-Names

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Slapestones

Other OS name in the Parish of Irton with Santon

Historical Forms

  • Sleapstones 1694 CWx
  • Sleepstones 1718 ib
  • Slaipstones 1757 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sleapstones 1694 CW x,Sleepstones 1718 ib., Slaipstones 1757 ib . ' Slippery stones , ' v. slǣp .