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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sleddale Beck, Grange, Hall, & Pike

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • aquam de Sleddal 1249 ShpDd
  • Sledalebeck 1279 Ass21d

Etymology

( aquam de Sleddal 1249 ShpDd 57, Sledalebeck 1279Ass 21d ) ( 1612 NB 475 , 1777 M , a grange of Shap Abbey , cf. NWm366 ) ( 1823 M ) , v. Wet Sleddale (supra ) , bekkr , grange , hall , pīc 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement