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Salthaugh Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keyingham

Historical Forms

  • Saltehache 1150–3 YCh1381
  • Saltehag(h) 1172 YCh 1275 Meaux
  • Salthehache, Salthehag' 1156,1172 ib
  • Salthah 1177 ib
  • Salthag 1204 ib
  • Salthagh(e) 1205 ChR 1293 QW 1347 Meaux
  • grangia de Saltagh 1349 ib
  • Saltagh 12th,c.1400 Melsa
  • Sautey 16th Sheppard

Etymology

Salthaugh Grange is Saltehache 1150–3 YCh 1381, Saltehag (h )1172 YCh 1391, 1275Meaux , Salthehache , Salthehag '1156, 1172 ib., Salthah 1177 ib., Salthag 1204 ib., Salthagh (e )1205 ChR, 1293 QWet freq to 1347Meaux , grangia de Saltagh 1349 ib., Saltagh 12th, c. 1400 Melsa, Sautey 16th Sheppard. 'Salt enclosure,' v. s(e)alt, haga . It is near the old course of the Humber. The grange does not occupy the original site, for in the 12th century it was moved from Aldsaltaghe to Westsaltaghe on account of the frequent inundations of the Humber (Melsa i, 87–8).

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