Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Saled' 1089–1100 Tewk70 1100–35 ib

• Sealdena, Sealdene 1100–35 Pat 1496 Tewk71 1106

• Seldena 1108 ADi

• Salden(a) Hy1 Ch 1300

• Salendene 1487 MinAcct

• Salendyne 1527 Rent

• Sawdoneswey 1504 Pat

• on Salhdune 11 Finb 14

Etymology

Salden (lost), Saled '1089–1100Tewk 70, 1100–35 ib 71d, Sealdena , Sealdene 1100–35 (1496) Pat, 1106Tewk 71, Seldena 1108 AD i, Salden (a )Hy 1 (1300) Ch, Salendene 1487MinAcct , Salendyne 1527Rent , Sawdoneswey 1504 Pat, cf. also Salemede 1487MinAcct , Salden mede 1691GR 760. 'Willow valley', v. salh (gen.pl. sala ), denu ; the Sel -, Seal - spellings may represent OE  sele2 'willow-copse'. This may in fact be identical with on Salhdune 11 (14) Finb 187, which seems to have been on the Deerhurst-Tewkesbury boundary near Salter's Hill at grid 143–89298, but the suffix is dūn 'hill'.