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Survey of English Place-Names

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Slipe Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Newborough

Historical Forms

  • the Slipe 1753 FenlandNQii
  • The Slipe Fen 1826 G

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Slipe 1753Fenland NQ ii, The Slipe Fen 1826 G . The name is descriptive of the projecting arm of the parish here . Cf. slipe infra 273 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement