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.

Sand Hutton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bossall

Historical Forms

  • Hot(t)un(e) 1086 DB
  • Hoton(e) 1086 DB 1228 Ebor 1399 YI
  • Sandhoton' 1231 Ass 1498 Test
  • Sandhuton' 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Farm on the sandy spur of land' v. hoh , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site