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

  • Slack(e) 1621 HAS 1631 PRHept
  • Heptonstall Slack 1771 M

Etymology

, Slack (e )1621 HAS 19, 36, 1631 PRHept, Heptonstall Slack 1771 M , v. slakki ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement