Släkthistoria för Silverton
Silverton Vad efternamn betyder
from Silverton (Devon) which is recorded as Sulfretona in 1086 Seluerton in 1179 and Sylferton in 1356. The place-name may derive from Old English sulh ‘gully’ or syle ‘bog miry place’ + ford ‘shallow place by which water can be crossed ford’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. Alternatively it may take its name from a stream named with Old English seolfor ‘silver’ + Old English tūn.see Silverstone (1).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
