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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sinderland, Sinderland Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Sundreland 1086 DB
  • Sunderlond, Sunderland 1287,1288 Court
  • clausturam de Sunderland c.1290 Orm2 1667
  • Sunderland within Dunham Massey 1699 Sheaf
  • (parcum de) Sonderland 1353 MinAcct
  • Synderlond 1477 ChRR
  • Synderland 1607 ib
  • Sinderland 1639 Cre
  • Sinderland Green 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Detached land', v. sundor-land, grēne 2 . The name may have arisen from the peculiar manorial tenure of this estate TRE and DB, v. Tait 56–57, which emphasizes its distinction from the surrounding estates.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site