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The Bight.  The more sharply curved part of the bay lying between the site of the lime kiln and “Donkey’s Turn”.

The Chine (Sherbrook Chine).  Until WWII a regular point of access onto the beach down from the end of Links Road along the steep valley formed by a little brook, now heavily overgrown.  There were wooden steps to get down the final bit on to the beach itself.

Donkey’s Turn.  The name for the end of the pebble bar at the mouth of the Otter estuary.  Probably refers to the space where donkeys, used to pull trucks of limestone and coal on a simple rail track from where it was dropped on the beach to the lime kilns, were unhitched and turned around.

Flagstaff.  The high point of the cliff formally known as West Down Beacon.

The Floors.  The area of subsidence below the West Down Beacon.

Hackley.  The old field name where hack horses were kept. Now the public amenity area on the cliff above Westbourne Terrace, given to the people of Salterton to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, 1887, and formally renamed  “Jubilee Park”.

Little Common.  The open space on West Hill opposite Woodlands.

Mackerel Square.  Now the name for the square at the bottom of Fore Street Hill, originally the name given to the place above “Steamer Steps” where the older fishermen would gather to look for tell tale signs of shoals of fish and signal to the boats on the sea.

Million Brick Bridge.  The brick railway (disused) viaduct over Dalditch Lane.  Still the third tallest single arch railway bridge in the country.

Pool Head.  The part of the beach by the “Raleigh Wall” where the brook simply emptied onto the beach. It now empties through a conduit.

Pretty Corner.  The corner, field and cottage opposite Lansdowne Road on the Exmouth Road.

Raleigh Wall.  The old sandstone wall at “pool head”, opposite the Octagon, which features in Sir John Everett Millais’ painting “The Boyhood of Raleigh”.

Surgery Hill.  Another colloquial name for Fore Street Hill, site of one of the early doctors’ surgery. 

Steamer Steps.  The steps leading from Rolle Road down onto the beach at the place where the two paddle steamers, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duchess of Devonshire, picked up passengers on the beach in the 1930’s.

These entries come from various sources but have been cross checked where possible.

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