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Salterforth

village · Lancashire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Salterforth likely means 'the ford where salt is transported or traded'. It combines the word for salt with the term for a river crossing.

Word origins

Salter
Old Englishsalt-carrying(from sealt "salt", rād "riding, journey")
forth
Old Englishford(from ford "ford")

Historical forms

Salterford