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.

Slade

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sleade 1689 FGr
  • Lawky Slade or The Slade Farm 1700 Murg
  • Lowkie Slade 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Sleade 1689FGr 24, Lawky Slade or The Slade Farm 1700Murg 24, Lowkie Slade 1709 WMB , ' weedy valley ' , from dial . lowk ' a weed, coarse grass ' ( cf. dial. lowk 'to weed' from OE lūcan 'to pull up' ) and slæd .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name