This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Salt,' a township in the parish of St. Mary and St. Chad, four miles from Stafford. This is the parent of all the Salts. It is a very familiar surname in the county of Stafford.

'In the reign of Henry III, Ivo de Saut held one Knight's fee in Saut of the Barony of Stafford': Lower's Patronymica Britannica.

Ranulph de Saut, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ivo de Saut, Staffordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1597. Buried — Margery Sawlte: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1599. — Alyce Salte: ibid.

1621. Ann Salt, of Chester: Wills at Chester.

(English) belonging to Salt (Staffs) [Old English s(e)alt, salt] The Halen [Welsh halen, salt] referred to in the will, a.d. 1004, of Wulfric, Earl of Mercia, is supposed to be Salt.

This surname is very common in Staffordshire, in which county there is a village so called. In 1166, it is written Selte. Lib. Nig. Scacc. In the reign of Henry II. Ivo de Saut held one knight's fee in Saut, of the Barony of Stafford. Subsequently Hugh de Salt held Salt of Philip de Chetwynd. From this tenure, and from the resemblance of the arms, it is probable that Salt was a cadet of Chetwynd. In the Visitations of Staffordshire there are pedigrees of this family, from whom descend Thomas Salt, Esq., jun., M.P. for Stafford, and William Salt, Esq., F.S.A.

From the village of Salt co. Stafford. In 1166 the name is written Selte. In the reign of Henry III. Jvo de Saut held one knight's fee in Saut, of the Barony of Stafford. Subsequently, Hugh de Salt held Salt of Philip de Chetwynd. From this tenure, and from resemblance of the arms, it is probable that Salt was a cadet of Chetwynd. In the Visitations of Staffordshire there are pedigrees of this family, from whom descend Thomas Salt, Esq., jun., M. P. for Stafford, and William Salt, Esq., F. S. A. (See Lower. ) The name may also sometimes be the same as Salt or Sault, from the Barony of Salt co. Kildare, so named from the district called De Saltu Salmonis, "the salmon's leap."

A location name in Staffordshire Or from the Dutch, Solt; a personal name.

Salt, an ancient and a very common Staffordshire name, is exceedingly numerous in the Ashbourne district, on the borders of Derbyshire, in which county also it is well represented. Salt is the name of a Staffordshire village and district; and Salte of Salte was the original ancestor of the family (S.). The Saltes of Yoxall were a family of gentry 300 years ago; in 1600 Mr. Walter Salt left a bequest for the poor tradesmen of Lichfield (S.), and the name is still in that city.