A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y

William Dargue - A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . .  from A to Y

 

Slade, Slade Common, Slade Waste

Erdington Slade/ Witton Slade

B23 - Grid reference SP097906

Use the grid reference on the Ordnance Survey website - Get-a-map. 

The Brookvale pub on Slade RoadThe Brookvale pub on Slade Road

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Old English the word slaed meant a 'little valley', probably broad and boggy. The term carries the implication of a swathe of grassland between two contrasting features, perhaps two woods, hills or arable fields. Slade road now follows the valley from Salford Bridge up to Stockland Green.


Also known as Erdington Slade, and see Witton Slade.

 

William Dargue 08.03.09

 

 

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For 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps of Birmingham go to British History Online - Maps.