Sleightholme

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.

This article is about the hamlet near Bowes, County Durham, England. For other uses, see Sleightholme (disambiguation).

Sleightholme
Sleightholme
Location within County Durham
OS grid referenceNY955102
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East

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. 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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