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Salter's Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • Salterbroke Hy8 Hntii,361
  • Salter Brook 1695,1753 ib

Etymology

, Salterbroke Hy 8 Hnt ii, 361,Salter Brook 1695, 1753 ib , Salter Brook Ho . 1771 M , v. saltere , brōc ; the hamlet is on the main Cheshire - Stocksbridge road which crosses the brook at the county boundary ; this road was no doubt an old saltway .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name