Sanderstead
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sanderstead
Historical Forms
- (an) sonden stede, (on) sondenstyde c.880 BCS558
- Sandestede 1086 DB 1200 FF 1220 Bracton
- Sandestuda t.Ric1 BM 1220 HaRecSocv
- Sondestede 1279 Ass
- Sandersted(e) 1221 FF
- Sandirstede 1377 Cl
- Saundersted 1565 FF
- Santrestede 1241 Ass
- Saundrestede 1276 FF
- Sandrestede 1286 FF 1294,1325 Ass
Etymology
The soil here is sandy, and the probability is that the first element is an unrecorded OE adj. sanden , hence 'sandy place,' with later AN dissimilation of n-n to n-r , or intrusive r as in Tuesley infra 200. v. stede .