Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Salteressiche 1194 AddCh

• Saltersych E1 AddCh

• Saltersyche 1338 CampbCh 1646 Sheaf

• Saltersyche in Wylaston and Wyghtrestone 1395 CampbCh 1400 ChRR

• Wichefild(e) nigh Saltersich, Saltersich 1522 AddCh

• Saltherysseche (in Wylestone) 1400 CampbCh

• Saltersoche 1445 AddCh

• Salter-such bridge 1621 Sheaf

Etymology

'Salter's stream', v. saltere , sīc . It may be possible to identify this place. The name applies to a stream and a place or district upon it.It is found in contexts associating it with Stapeley, Wisterson 71, 42supra , Wychefeld 16, and Willaston. It had a ruined bridge in 1621 (Sheaf3 22 (5255)). The only stream which runs through Stapeley, Willaston, Wisterson and Nantwich is that variously called Cheer Brook and Cheney Brook (118). The hamlet on this stream is at Cheerbrook Bridge, etc. infra . It would seem that the stream was Saltersich , and the bridge and the hamlet were named from it.Cheerbrook Bridge may then be the site of Saltford 73supra . This would be on the Nantwich–Woore route, v. 148 (route XXVII).