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.

  1. Horslip Bridge (Other OS name, Avebury, Wiltshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) [ hɔslip ] , probably from earlier ' horse-leap .

  2. The Slip (Other OS name, Clarendon, Wiltshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) , a long narrow strip of woodland , cf. infra 455