The Holly Bush Inn

The village of Salt stands on the S bank of the river Trent, between Sandon and Weston. It was listed in the Doomsday book (1086) as Selte and recorded as having land for four ploughs, a mill, twelve acres of meadow and four of wood, Selte in Old English meaning a salt pit or salt works. It possibly originates from the Saxon period, owing its existence to a sheltered position and proximity to water, Trent meaning the flooding river from the Celtic name the trespasser.