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.

Saltmersk '

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Saltmersk ' 1839 TA
  • the salt marshes 1610 Holywell

Etymology

Saltmersk' 1348*(p), the salt marshes 1610(v. salt, mersc, Saltmersk'being a Scandinavianized form)