SALTWOOD, (Kent) 1m. N. W. of Hithe, whose manor was given to the Ch. of Canterbury in 1036, had a castle, supposed to have been built in the time of the Romans, which in the R. of Hen. II. was held of the Abp. by Henry of Essex, baron Raleigh, and in that R. it was counted an honour. It has since been a seat of the Abps. who made a park about it. In 1711, Brook Bridges, Esq; bought this estate of Sir Philip Boteler. The sea formerly, as it is supposed, came up so near this place, as to overflow a part of it, then a wood; and they say, that anchors have been dug up here.