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Survey of English Place-Names

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White Slea

Other OS name in the Parish of Catfield

Historical Forms

  • White Slea 1840 TA

Etymology

, also called Whitlingsea , White Slea 1840TA , v. *slēa ' grassy slope ' , found as slee , slea in dialects , cognate with Norw  slaa ' a grass-grown slope ' , often confused with slay < OE slege ( EDD s.v . ) ; v. Löfvenberg 1949 : 94 .