Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• villa de Sandput(te) e13 Pole e13 1256 FF 1280 Ass 1470 Pole

• Sandpitt(e) 1244 Ass c.1250 CarP 1293 Brid

• Sandpitt otherwise Sampitt 1658 Pole

• Sandpit 1268 Ass 1792 Pole 1811 OS

• terra de Sandputta 1271 Forde 15

• Sandeputte 1329 Forde 15 15 ib

• Sandepytt, Sandepitte 1543,1547 CarP 1544 Pole

• Saunpit, Saunput 1244 Ass

• Saundeput(t)e 1278 Drew

• Sampite 1251–2 Fees

• Samput(te) 1297 Fine 1317(15),15 Forde

• Sampitt 1505 Pole

• Sampit al' dict' Sandepitt 1548 ib

• Sampyt(t) 1556,1578 CarP

• Sondputte 1268 Ass

• terra de Sanputte 1271 Forde 15 Ass 1288 FF 1324

Etymology

'(Place at) the sandpit', v. sand , pytt , cf. 'Old Sandpits' (1″). Two forms from 1250 Fees included under this name by Fägersten 268 probably belong under the TA f.n. Standpit ('stone pit') infra .