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.

Slithero Bridge, Slithero Mills

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Slithero two fulling-mills 1775 Watson

Etymology

, Slithero two fulling-mills 1775 Watson 70 , cf. also Sklyderye forth 1439 Rent ( in Halifax ) , from ME  slideri ' slippery ' , cf. Slippery Ford ( Oakworth ) pt . vi infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name