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).