Perhaps unusually, the "Catherine" seems to be exactly what it appears to
be, according to PN YWR III: 88.
Richard
--On 25 July 2004 18:18 +0100 Karl Wittwer <[log in to unmask]>
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> Query posted on Britarch. Anyone any thoughts?
> -K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Malcolm Bull" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:17 AM
> Subject: [BRITARCH] More placenames
>
>
>> I live in West Yorkshire and there are a couple of streets and areas
>> which are called 'Catherine Slack'. Slack may be a local term for a
>> valley or a small geographical depression, but what about Catherine?
>> Could that be a corruption of some other geog / natural term?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Malcolm Bull
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