Sleightholme

Sleightholme
Sleightholme

 Sleightholme shown within County Durham
OS grid reference NY955102
Parish Bowes
Unitary authority County Durham
Ceremonial county County Durham
Region North East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Durham
Fire County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
List of places: UK • England • County Durham

Sleightholme  /ˈsliːtəm/[1]is a secluded hamlet on a dead end road in County Durham, England. It lies beside Sleightholme Beck, a tributary of the River Greta. The nearest town is Bowes, 4 miles away.

The name, first recorded in 1254, is believed to come from the Old Norse sletta holmr, meaning "flat ground near water".[1] The place was historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire,[2] and was transferred to County Durham in 1974.

The Pennine Way passes through Sleightholme. Below the hamlet Sleightholme Beck passes through a narrow valley, known as The Troughs, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

References

  1. ^ a b Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Sleightholme", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press 
  2. ^ National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, 1868

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