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.

Slimeford

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Ferrers

Historical Forms

  • Slymford 1335 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Slymford 1335Ass . The first element is probably OE  slim , ' slime, mud , ' cf. Slimeford (Co) , Slymford 1399Ct .

Places in the same Parish