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.

Slittery Ford

Other OS name in the Parish of Waterhead

Historical Forms

  • Sclatford 1589 ExchKR 1626 Boothby

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sclatford 1589ExchKR , 1626Boothby . Cf. Slotfordleazes 1603Gilsland .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement