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)