Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
SALE
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
SALE. SALES. A-Sax. sel, scle, &c. French, mile, a hall. " Between 1332 and 1348, the name borne by the famous knight commemorated by Froissart, and who was liilled by tlie insurgents near Norwich, in 1381, is severally written De la Sale, De Salle, De Aula, De la Saule, De Halle, Saul, and Halle." Notes and Queries, v. 291. The North Wilts family of Hale of Bradford also wrote themselves De Aula and De la Sale. " Halle, alias De la Sale, dwellitli iu a pretty stone house at the east end of the town, on the right bank of Avon: a man of £100 lands by the year : an ancient gentleman since tlie time of Edward I." Leland's Itinerary.
Surname type: Location or geographical feature
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English