English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Saltwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Saltewicke 1540 Whitby

Etymology

From OE  s(e)alt (v. Saltburn 143infra ) and ON  vik 'creek.'