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Sleightholme

Coordinates: 54°29′14″N 2°04′13″W / 54.48724°N 2.07018°W / 54.48724; -2.07018
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Sleightholme
Sleightholme Moor Road
Sleightholme is located in County Durham
Sleightholme
Sleightholme
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54°29′14″N 2°04′13″W / 54.48724°N 2.07018°W / 54.48724; -2.07018

Sleightholme /ˈsltəm/[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

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  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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