Silverton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Silverton
Historical Forms
- Sulfretona, Suffertona 1086 DB
- Sulferton(e) 1281 Ass 1310 Ass 1317 FF 1318 Ipm
- Sulfurton(e) 1310 Ass 1358 FF
- Seluerton 1179 P
- Silfreton(e) 1246 Ipm 1279 QW
- Silverton(e) 1249 Ass 1285 FA
- Silferton(e) 1275 RH 1291 Tax
- Oldesylferton, Nywesylferton 1346 Ass
- Sylferton 1356 Ass
Etymology
This name may, as suggested by Blomé (98), go back to an OE syle-ford -tun , 'farm by the miry ford.' Alternatively the first element may be a stream-name. Cf. Little Silver supra 358, though this would leave the almost persistent medial f unexplained. Cf., however, Alphington supra 422. There is a small stream which rises near here and joins the Culm. v. Addenda, Part ii, xiv.