Cindery Island
Early-attested site in the Parish of Brightlingsea
Historical Forms
- Sundry 1678 Camden
Etymology
Cindery Island [ðə sindri] is the Syndry 1539, Sinder Isle 1674 Dickin, Sundry 1678 Camden. This is probably from OE sundor , 'apart' and eg , 'low-lying land.' It was “originally a long narrow strip of marshland, which has been cut in two by the force of the ebb tide out of St Osyth Creek” (Dickin 1), and is marked as an island on Camden's map. Cf. Cinders Wood (PN Wo 84) and Sounderwyke (in Layer de la Haye) 1535 VE.