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Slapestone Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Etymology

, 1847 CW xxviii , v. sleipr ' slippery, smooth ' , stān , cf. Slapestone ( s ) ( ii , 79 infra , Cu 404 , 419 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name