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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sand Ham Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Goxhill

Etymology

, cf. Sandholm lHy3 (l14) Gox , Sandholmes 1648LindDep 67 , Sandholme 1678BPD , 1693Foster , 1749Dudd , Sandom 1728BPD , (the ) Sandam , Sandham , Sandham Drain 1775EnclA , ' the sandy island of land, water-meadow ' , v. sand , holmr .