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.
Survey of English place-names
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Sandwath
Sandwath
Early-attested site in the Parish of Forcett
Historical Forms
Sand(e)wath(e)
1292
YI
1528
FF
Etymology
'Sandy ford'
v.
sand
,
vað
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Carkin
Major Settlement
Barforth Hall
Eppleby
Forcett
Ovington