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.

Salt Scar

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkleatham

Historical Forms

Salcker in Clyvelond 1281 Pat

Etymology

v. s(e)alt, kjarr . A wreck took place here in 1281.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement