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.

Satron

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grinton

Historical Forms

  • Saterom 1301 LS
  • Satteron 1664 Grinton

Etymology

'Wood cleared for pasture land' v. sætr , rum .