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Survey of English Place-Names

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Slait Barn

Other OS name in the Parish of Silton

Historical Forms

  • Sheep Slait 1837 ib

Etymology

, named from Sheep Slait 1837ib , v. slæget ' sheep pasture ' ; the association of this name with the lost f.n. Odeslade in Bourton par . supra , suggested by Fägersten 16 , is very unlikely .