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 Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • la Slake 1205–11 Sawl11d

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , la Slake 1205–11Sawl 11d , v. slakki ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name