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.

Salford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Salford

Historical Forms

  • Saltford 777 BCS222 12th Fees 1220 FA 1428
  • Salword, Salford 1086 DB
  • Salford c.1100 EHRxlviii late12th FA 1302–3
  • Salford' 1243 Cl 1246–7 Ass 1363 Eynsh
  • Salforde 1376 AD
  • Scandeford' 1208 Cur
  • Sanford' 1213 Cur
  • Samford', Sauford 1242–3 Fees
  • Shalteford 1285 Ass
  • Saleford 1284 FF

Etymology

'Salt ford,' v. s(e)alt. v. PN Wo 7, where it is suggested that this village was on a Saltway which led from the Four Shire Stone to Chipping Norton. The nearby Rollright had salt-rights in Droitwich in 1086.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site