Sound
Major Settlement in the Parish of Acton and Wrenbury
Historical Forms
- Sond c.1208 Sheaf 17
- Sonde c.1220 Chol 1274 Ipm 1584 Chol
- Soonde 1377 Eyre 1420 Rich 1514,1658 Chol
- Soonde in Fowleshurst 1408 Rich
- Soond 1514 Chol 1690 Sheaf
- Sonede 1392 ChRR 1394 Rich
- Sound 1403 ChRR 1567 Chol
- Sound Hall & Sound Heath 1831 Bry
- Sound Lane 1841 TA
Etymology
'Sand, the sandy place', v. sand , cf. Sandford Bridge infra . Sound demonstrates a typical NWMidl over-rounding (OE sand > sond > sōnd > ME s nd > sūnd (spelled sound )) seen also in OE land > ME lond > lound , etc. Cf. Sunes infra .