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