Saltergate
Early-attested site in the Parish of Lockton
Historical Forms
- Saltergate 1335 ForP 1619 NRS
Etymology
v. gata . The road referred to is that over the moors from Pickering to Whitby. The first element is OE saltere 'a salter' which occurs in other place-names. Cf. the full account of these names in PNWo 4 ff. Note also Saltergate near Harrogate (YWR) and Salterhebble near Halifax (cf. RNY s.n. Hebble).Mr W. B. Crump suggests to me that many of the Salter - names in YWR and La probably indicate roads along which salt was carried from the Cheshire mines. In the North Riding the name is possibly connected with the salt (or alum) mined in the Cleveland district (cf. Saltburn, etc. 143 infra ).