Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• le Jety 1446 Pat

• the olde Juttie 1578 WeyR

• ye gitty 1597 Hutch3

• (le) Jetty(e) 1616,1620 WeyR

• the Jetty hedd 1629 WeyM

• the Gittye 1634 ib

• the Jutty 1648 ib

• the New Jetty 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

, 1863 Hutch3 , built c. 1840 ' of loose rocks secured with piles ' ( Hutch3 2465 ) . There were various earlier piers at the entrance to the harbour : le Jety 1446 Pat, the olde Juttie 1578 WeyR, ye gitty 1597Hutch3, (le ) Jetty (e )1616, 1620 WeyR, the Jetty hedd 1629 WeyM, the Gittye 1634 ib, the Jutty 1648 ib, the New Jetty 1774 Hutch1 ( ' a mould or pier of stone … at the end of which was formerly a fort or battery ' , cf. the Jutty Fort 1657 WeyM ) , v. jetty , jutty , the piere 1586 WeyR , the Peere or harbor 1646 WeyM , the Peerehead 1658 ib , the Grand Piere 1685 WeyR , the Little Pier , the New Pier l17 ib , v. per , cf. South Pier infra , the Mo (u )ld (e )head 1611–1620 WeyR , Molehead 1641 WeyM , v. mole .