Saul
Major Settlement in the Parish of Fretherne & Saul
Historical Forms
- Salle 12 Glouc 1221 1245 Glouc 1287 Ass 1584 FF
- Sal(l)eg' 1221 Ass
- Sall 1501 Ipm 1535 VE 1675 Ogilby
- Sawle, Saul(l) 1557–1600 FF 1744 PR
- Sawe 1624 FF
Etymology
Probably 'willow-trees clearing', v. salh (gen.pl. sala ), lēah , with loss of the unstressed -ley , which sometimes occurs (cf. LMS i, 51–2); it cannot be a simplex name from the normal paradigm, as the nom. salh would give Saugh (cf. dial. saugh ) and the dat. sale would give Sale , as in Sale (Ch), whilst the late OE salig would have given a modern form like dial. sally .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
Major Settlement
Field
- Bushey leaze
- Calfway meadow
- Coneygree
- Gallows bridge
- Goreway
- the Grailes
- the Groves
- Halborough
- great Ham
- Hardice
- Highfield
- Hurns
- Lagger
- Lake close
- Marshfield
- Milhams
- Ox leaze
- Pool field
- Stone pits
- Testcroft
- Wheat croft
- Abbedespol
- Blacke Ridge
- Calvescroft
- Evorlong
- Frymelodeswere
- Henacre
- Muchelepol
- Pucheacre
- Toliescroft ( e )
- Westfield