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.

Saltram

Other OS name in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Salterham 1249 Ass
  • Saltram 1263,1504 Ipm

Etymology

is Salterham 1249Ass (p), Saltram 1263, 1504 Ipm . It is probably a compound of OE  sealtera , ' salters ' ( gen . pl . ) and ham(m) .