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.

Saltholm

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Saltholm 1839 TA
  • le Salt Holm 1839 TA

Etymology

Saltholm, le Salt Holm 1325+, leʒ Saltholmes 1561+,1581+, Saltholmes 1567+(v. salt, holmr; this was presumably a saltern orsalt-hill)