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

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Slackhouse 1649 1656 WillS

Etymology

, 1710 PR , Slackhouse 1649 ib, 1656 WillS , v. slakki ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement