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.

Sandiacre

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sandiacre

Historical Forms

  • Sandiacre 1086 DB
  • Sandiacr(a), Sandiaker, Sandiakyr, Sandyacr(a), Sandyaker, Sandyakyr 1135–9 France 1157 Darley 1158 P a.1179 Darley Hy2 RegAnt 1185,1186 P
  • Sandeacre 1312 Pat 1403 Fine
  • Sendiacra, Sendiacre 1179 P 1197 1201 FF
  • Seint Diacre, Saint Diacre 1198,1199,1200 P 1210 et passim
  • Sancto Diacre 1202 ib
  • Seindiacre 1199,1205,1206 P
  • Saundiacre, Saundiakre, Saundyacre, Saundyakre 1234 Fees 1256 Ipm 1268 FF 1330 Ass
  • Sondiacre 1291 Tax 1317 Halliii
  • Sondeacre 1428 FA
  • Sct. Iaker 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Sandy piece of cultivated ground', v. sandig , æcer .