Salcott
Major Settlement in the Parish of Salcott
Historical Forms
- Salt(e)cot(e) t.John BM 1326 Pat
- Salcot(e) 1230 FF
- Salcot(e) Wyggeberwe 1397 FF
- Salchote 1328 SR
- Salkote Wiggeberwe 1389 FF
- Salcoat 1688 WigboroughPR
- Sawcott alias Salcott 1606 EAix
- Saucot 1727 WigboroughPR
Etymology
'Salt-cottages.' Cf. Saltcoats supra 277. Saltpans were once common in the marshes and, in addition to these two names, relics survive in Abbots Hall Saltings and Copthall Saltings in Great and Little Wigborough and in a number of modern field- Names, such as Salcots (Brightlingsea), Salt Coat Marsh (Burnham), Home Saltcoats (Stowe Maries), Saltpan Marsh (Paglesham), Saltreach Field (Eastwood). v. VCH i, 380–2. For Wigborough v. infra 323.Salcott Wigborough was formerly a hamlet of Great Wigborough.