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.

Seat Sandal

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Satsondolf 1274 Ipm
  • the Sate Sandall, the Heid of Sandall 16 Kendii,8
  • Seat-sandle 1793 West
  • Seat Sandel 1823 M

Etymology

Seat Sandal, Satsondolf 1274 Ipm, the Sate Sandall , the Heid of Sandall 16 Kend ii, 8, 'a borran oth topp of Seat Sandall Moore ' 1614 Wndm 300, Seat-sandle 1793 West, Seat Sandel 1823 M. 'Sandulf's shieling', an inversion compound of ON  sǽtr and the ON  pers.n. Sǫndulfr ; cf. Rigmaden (i, 51supra ) and Introd.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name