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.

Sandhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Grinstead

Historical Forms

  • la Sandhelde in Grenstede 1274 ADi
  • Sandhell 1327 SR
  • Sandhelde 1316 ADvi

Etymology

Sandhill appears on the 1813 O.S. map and is la Sandhelde in Grenstede (1274 AD i), Sandhell (1327 SR (p)), Sandhelde (1316 AD vi(p)). 'Sand-slope,' v. hielde 1 .