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Survey of English Place-Names

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Salterswall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Saltereswey 1334 Crump

Etymology

Salterswall (110–627670, a detached part of Whitegate, v. 164supra ), Salterswall 1542 (1724), 1724 NotCestr, 1542, 1637 Sheaf, 1842 OS, Salterswell 1831 Bry, Salterwall 1819 Orm2, 'Salter's well', v. saltere , wælla .This place is on a route from Middlewich to Chester, Saltereswey 1334 Crump 94, v. saltere , wey , cf. 147–8 (route XXIII).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site