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.

Sandon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sandon

Historical Forms

  • Sandun, Sandon(a), Sandone 1199 1200,1247 FF 1303 FA
  • Saundone 1247,1271 FF
  • Sondon 1550,1552 FF

Etymology

Self-explanatory. v. sand , dun . “The soil is various, mostly a wet loam, resting on clay; but the elevated ground occupied by the village is rather light and sandy” (White 359).

Places in the same Parish