Saltburn
The history of Saltburn and the surrounding district dates back much further than documentary evidence can confirm. The discovery of a stone axe head on Saltburn Sands suggests that a settlement may have existed in the area since the Neolithic period. Other evidence of early settlements around the Saltburn area include the discovery of at least 3 cremation vessels and a Bronze Age burial mound at Cat Nab and an Iron Age grinding stone or quern on Huntcliff. All of this evidence supports the theory that settlements have existed in what is now old Saltburn, for much of Britain's early history.
The name Saltburn first appears following the Anglo-Saxon invasion and is derived from the Saxon name for the local stream, Sealt-Burna, or salty stream. 300 years later the invading Vikings changed the name of the
stream to the Skelton Beck, but the name of the settlement remained, giving its name to the modern town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
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The name Saltburn first appears following the Anglo-Saxon invasion and is derived from the Saxon name for the local stream, Sealt-Burna, or salty stream. 300 years later the invading Vikings changed the name of the
stream to the Skelton Beck, but the name of the settlement remained, giving its name to the modern town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
For more info please visit:
http://www.saltburnbysea.com/html/old-saltburn.html