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.

Sandwith

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sandwith

Historical Forms

Sandwath 1260 Rental 1607 DKRxxxviii

Sandewath 1294 Cl

Sandwith t.Hy8 AOMB

Sandwaith(e) 1548 SP, CW v

Etymology

'Sandy ford,' v. vað .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site