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Slackgap Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Slackgapp 1701 ManR

Etymology

, Slackgapp 1701ManR , cf. Slack 1687 ib , v. slakki ' hollow ' , gap .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site