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 Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Slack als. Hall Slack 1795 HAS

Etymology

, 1839ValS , the Slack als. Hall Slack 1795 HAS 22, 155 , v. slakki ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name