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 Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cowley

Etymology

Sand Hill (6″) is so named 1629–30Bodl . Cf. Sandene c. 1225 Os, Sanden c. 1298 Eynsh. 'Sandy valley.' v. sand , denu .