English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Salters Ford Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashwell

Historical Forms

  • Salterford 1634 Terrier
  • Far Salterford, Great Salterford, Top Salterford, Salterford Meadow 1838 TA

Etymology

( local ) , Salterford 1634Terrier , Far Salterford , Great Salterford , Top Salterford ,Salterford Meadow 1838TA , ' the saltmerchants' ford ' which was at SK 870 119 , a point at which the parishes of Ashwell , Burley and Langham meet , cf. Salterford in Burley f. ns . ( a ) , v. saltere , ford .