English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

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.

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site