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.

Far Sandy Lands

Field in the Parish of Wistow

Historical Forms

  • 1795 Sale
  • Sandelands 1625 Terrier

Etymology

Far Sandy Lands 1795 (Sandelands 1625, Sandylands 1690, c. 1700, v. sandig, land)