SleafordSleaford, Headley |
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Headley Hampshire SU8038 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXXVI.10 |
Sleaford otherwise: Sleyford, 1245; Slayford, 1336 |
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Coates 1989 SLEAFORD, hamlet in Headley Hypothetical Old English 'Slegeford'='killing ford', the reason for which is unknown. Not from the 'Slea' stream, whose name is a modern back formation from the place name. |