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.

Sandy

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sandy

Historical Forms

  • Sandeie 1086 DB 1185 P
  • Sandun, Sandon 1197 FF 1206 FF
  • Sandee 1202 Ass
  • Saundee 1227 Ass
  • Saundeye 1227,1240 Ass 1247 Ass 1251 FF 1276 Ass 1294 Ipm 1297 SR 1309 Ch 1325 Ipm 1338,1358,1368 Cl 1376,1399 IpmR
  • Sondy 1247 Ass
  • Sandheye 1287 Ass
  • Sondey(e) 1287 Ass 13th ADvi 1316 FA 1372 BM 1394,1395 Cl 1400 CS 1422 IpmR 1428 ADvi 1489 Ipm
  • Sonday 1507 BM 1547 Pat
  • Sondheye 1535 VE

Etymology

'Sand-island' (v. eg ). There is water on two sides of Sandy and 'the Greensand…on reappearing attains a considerable elevation in the vicinity of Sandy' (VCH i. 10).