English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Slack End

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Hateley Slacke 1541 WYD

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , named from Hateley Slacke 1541 WYD or Wibsey Slack infra , v. slakki ' ahollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name