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.

Law & Law Slack

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Law, Lawsike 1709 WMB
  • Law Slack 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Law , Lawsike 1709 WMB, Law Slack 1843 O.S. , v. hlāw ' hill ' , sīc , slakki ' depression ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site