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.
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' a salt - pit at Wich '
' 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
Court Fm
Henridge Hill
The Hollies
Northfield
Penny Well
Sundayshill
Threeacre Gout
Major Settlement
Rockhampton