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.

Celleron

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Selleron 1348 Lowth 1635 NB 1694 PR(Brt)
  • Celleron 1348 Lowth 1639 FF 1865 OS
  • Seleron 1668–1682 PR(Brt)
  • Sellarun 1728 ib
  • Celron 1787 ClarkeM

Etymology

Celleron. Selleron 1348Lowth , 1635 NB 412, 1694 PR(Brt), Celleron 1348Lowth , 1639FF et freq to 1865 OS, Seleron 1668– 1682 PR(Brt), Sellarun 1728 ib, Celron 1787 ClarkeM. 'Thicket near a store-house', from ME  celere (OFr  celier ) used of 'a storehouse, a granary' (above ground as well as below), v. runnr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement