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.

Sandwick, Sandwick Bay

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Sandwic, Sandwik(e), Sandwyk(e), Sandwick(e) 1200,1250 Lowth 1252 Bart 1344 Lowth 1823 M
  • Sanwic 1250–60 Bart
  • Sandewyk 1279 Ass5d

Etymology

Sandwick, Sandwick Bay, Sandwic , Sandwik (e ), Sandwyk (e ), Sandwick (e )1200, 1250Lowth (p), 1252 Bart 336, 1344Lowth et freq to 1823 M, Sanwic 1250–60 Bart 331(p), Sandewyk 1279Ass 5d. 'Creek in the sand', v. sand , vík , cf. Sandwick (IoM, Marstrander 130), and the common Norw  and Swed Sandvik . The hamlet is near the edge of a bay in Ullswater.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name