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Slapton

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English

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Etymology

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From Old English slǣp (“slippery place”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).[1]

Proper noun

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Slapton

  1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9320). [2]
  2. A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8245). [3]
  3. A village and civil parish (without a council) in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6446). [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
  2. ^ Parish map (Buckinghamshire)
  3. ^ Parish map (Devon)
  4. ^ Parish map (Northamptonshire)

Further reading

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