How Did Upper And Lower Slaughter Get Their Name?
How Did Upper And Lower Slaughter Get Their Name? Just over a mile from Bourton-on-the-Water are the twin villages of Upper and Lower Slaughter. The name comes from old English ‘Slohtre’, which has nothing to do with killing things and means, simply, ‘Muddy place’. … Unlike Bourton-on-the-Water there is little that is obviously for the