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.

Sandford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warcop

Historical Forms

  • Saunford 1199–1225 CWxvii,229 c.1250 Leng
  • Sand(e)ford 13 Wyb 1256 Ass11 1272 FF 1292 Ass 1315 Ipm 1321 Pat 1777 M
  • Sand(e)forth 1380 TestKarl 1540 DRH 1598 PR
  • Sand(e)furth(e) 1546 AOMB 1597–1625 PR
  • Sampford 1261 FF
  • Santeford 1315 Ipm
  • Sanf(f)ord 1272 Misc 1377 SR
  • Sanfurth 1630 PR
  • -furd 1631 ib
  • Saund(e)ford 1279 Ass12

Etymology

'Sandy ford', v. sand , ford . The ford across the Eden still exists (grid 83–727x58).