English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Sale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashton on Mersey

Historical Forms

  • Sala 1199–1216,1305 Orm2
  • Sale 1199–1216 Whall 1260 Court
  • la Sale 1285 Court 1317 ChRR
  • Sale behind Alteringham c.1703 Chol

Etymology

'At the willow', v. salh (dat.sg. sale ).