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.

Silver St.

Other OS name in the Parish of Coaley

Etymology

, 1777 M , v. seolfor , strǣt , a name usually referring to a street where silversmiths worked , here probably transferred from some urban example .