Salford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Salford
Historical Forms
- Saltford 777 BCS222 12th Fees 1220 FA 1428
- Salword, Salford 1086 DB
- Salford c.1100 EHRxlviii late12th FA 1302–3
- Salford' 1243 Cl 1246–7 Ass 1363 Eynsh
- Salforde 1376 AD
- Scandeford' 1208 Cur
- Sanford' 1213 Cur
- Samford', Sauford 1242–3 Fees
- Shalteford 1285 Ass
- Saleford 1284 FF
Etymology
'Salt ford,' v. s(e)alt. v. PN Wo 7, where it is suggested that this village was on a Saltway which led from the Four Shire Stone to Chipping Norton. The nearby Rollright had salt-rights in Droitwich in 1086.