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.

Salter

Major Settlement in the Parish of Salter

Historical Forms

  • Salterge c.1150,c.1180 StB
  • Saltergie c.1150 ib
  • Salterghe c.1160 ib
  • Saltargha, Salterga c.1190 ib
  • Saltherge t.Rici Ch 1308
  • Salterg' 1278,1279,1292 Ass
  • Saltergh 1279 ib
  • Salterre c.1200 StB
  • Salterra c.1205 ib
  • Salter c.1210 t.Hy8 AOMB
  • Saltere c.1210 StB
  • Salterw 1279 Ass
  • Sater 1591 PR(Lamplugh)

Etymology

'Salt shieling,' v. erg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site