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.

' a salt - pit at Wich '

Field in the Parish of Rockhampton

Historical Forms

' a salt - pit at Wich ' 1086 DB

Etymology

'a salt-pit at Wich' 1086 DB(v. wīc).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Newton

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Rockhampton