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Sandpit, (Lr) Sandpit Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Historical Forms

  • villa de Sandput(te) e13 Pole e13 1256 FF 1280 Ass 1470 Pole
  • Sandpitt(e) 1244 Ass c.1250 CarP 1293 Brid
  • Sandpitt otherwise Sampitt 1658 Pole
  • Sandpit 1268 Ass 1792 Pole 1811 OS
  • terra de Sandputta 1271 Forde 15
  • Sandeputte 1329 Forde 15 15 ib
  • Sandepytt, Sandepitte 1543,1547 CarP 1544 Pole
  • Saunpit, Saunput 1244 Ass
  • Saundeput(t)e 1278 Drew
  • Sampite 1251–2 Fees
  • Samput(te) 1297 Fine 1317(15),15 Forde
  • Sampitt 1505 Pole
  • Sampit al' dict' Sandepitt 1548 ib
  • Sampyt(t) 1556,1578 CarP
  • Sondputte 1268 Ass
  • terra de Sanputte 1271 Forde 15 Ass 1288 FF 1324

Etymology

'(Place at) the sandpit', v. sand , pytt , cf. 'Old Sandpits' (1″). Two forms from 1250 Fees included under this name by Fägersten 268 probably belong under the TA f.n. Standpit ('stone pit') infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement