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Saltings

Other OS name in the Parish of Corfe Castle

Etymology

, freq on the shores of Poole Harbour near Wytch Fm , Fitzworth Fm and Ower Fm ( all supra ) , cf. the thirteen salt - makers ( salinarii ) at Ower in 1086 DB ( DBGeography 111-12, VCHDo 379 ) , and the several salterns mentioned in connection with Wytch and Fitzworth in 1545 Hutch3 1538 ; for other references to the Purbeck salt industry , v. Salterne in Studland par . infra , Salterns Copse in Arne par . infra , and VCHDo 2 327 , 3 22 – 3 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement