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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wibsey Slack

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Slakes 1567 WYD

Etymology

, 1630YD i , Slakes 1567 WYD , v. slakki ' a hollow ' ; the name describes a fairly level stretch of ground between the upper and lower declivities of a hillside .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name