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.

Sandymoor Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Sondewall Moor c.1536 Orm2

Etymology

, 1811Sund , Sondewall Moor c.1536 Orm2 , ' (marsh at) the sandy spring ' , from sand(ig) and wælla , with mōr 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site