Silton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Silton
Historical Forms
- Seltone 1086 DB 1285 FA 1330 Ipm
- Selton(') 1194 P 1222 ClR 1230 P 1268,1280 Ass 1297 1314 AddCh 1318–25 Ipm 1325,1326 Fine 1331
- 'Selton(') by Gyllyngham' 1415 Fine
- Selleton' 1230 ChancR
- Seleton' 1280 Ass
- Salton' 1268,1280,1288 Ass 1291 Tax 1303 FA 1319,1330 Ipm 1340 NI 1346 1428 ib
- Cylton' 1327 SR
- Cilton, Cylton 1519 Ct
- Silton(') 1332 SR 1402 Pat 1431 et passim
- Sylton 1361 Pat 1412,1428 FA
- Silton or Sylton 1497 Ipm
Etymology
v. tūn 'farm, village'. The first el. is probably, as suggested by Fägersten 15, sealh 'a sallow, a willow', the development to Sil -, etc reflecting the raising of e to i . Identical in origin is Salton YN 57. The relatively late appearance of the i /y forms in the 14th century, and the absence of u forms, tend to speak against the first el. being the derivative sele 2 , siele 'a sallow grove, a willow copse', thought probable by Ekwall DEPN, although there may well have been some interchange of this el. with sealh .