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 Hall, Mire, & Thorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Warcop

Historical Forms

  • Hall 1863 OS
  • Sandfurth mire 1626 PR
  • Sanforth mire 1658 Dep

Etymology

( Hall 1863 OS ) ( Sandfurth mire 1626 PR, Sanforth mire 1658Dep ) ( 1829 Dir ) , v. Sandford (supra ) , hall , mýrr , þorn ; on the hall cf. NWm 229 .