Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Sandebrug(g)e 1200,c.1290 GlR 1410 GlChv,14

• Sandebrigg' 1268 FF

• Sondebrigg' c.1200 GlR

• Sondebrug(e) c.1220 c.1230 GlChiv,13 c.1260 GlR

• Sondebrugge 1264 Glouc 1273 GlR

• Send(e)brug(g)e 1296 GlR 1327 SR 1433 GlChvii,8 1539 GlR

• Send(e)bridg(e) 1616 Dep

• Seyntbrygge, Seintbrygge 1470 GlChvii,14

• Seint Brige 1535 VE

• Seintbridge 1535 1626 Inq

• Senebrig 1541 LP

• Senbridg(e) 1616 Dep 1641 Rec

• Sende c.1210,c.1230 GlR

Etymology

'Bridge at the sandy place', v. sende , brycg , one carrying Port Way across Sud Brook; a place nearby in Upton St Leonards was called Sende c. 1210, c. 1230 GlR. The earlier forms contain the unmutated sand 'sand'.