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Salterton

hamlet · Wiltshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Salterton likely means 'the farmstead or village of the salt-maker or seller'. It combines the Old English term 'salter' with 'tun' meaning enclosure or village.

Word origins

Salter
Old Englishsalt-maker or seller(from sealt-ere "salt-maker or seller")
ton
Old Englishenclosure, village(from tun "enclosure, village")

Historical forms

Salterton (1242)