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.

Slepe Copse, Slepe Heath, Slepe Moor, Slepe Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Arne

Historical Forms

  • Sleap Heath 1778–88 DROSurv 1845 TA
  • Slape Heath 1811 OS
  • Sleap Moor 1778–88 DROSurv 1845 TA

Etymology

( Sleap Heath 1778–88DROSurv ,1845TA , Slape Heath 1811 OS ) ( Sleap Moor 1778–88DROSurv ,1845TA ) , from Slepe supra .