Sallings Common
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bockleton
Historical Forms
- la Saline 1275 SR
- Salynes 1324 Ch
- atte Salye 1332 SR
- Salen c.1830 O
Etymology
The earliest forms present difficulties, and Professor Ekwall suggests that we may have an OE *salegn , a derivative of sealh , with the same suffix egn that we have in OE holegn , ifegn , 'holly,' 'ivy.' The third form would then show the same loss of n as in holly from holegn . The form Sallings is probably a vulgarism, cf. kitching for kitchen , and Holling Fm infra 63.