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.

Sandbanks

Other OS name in the Parish of Parkstone

Historical Forms

  • the Sand Banks vulgarly called Cales c.1800 DROMap 1843 TA

Etymology

, the Sand Banks vulgarly called Cales c. 1800DROMap ,1843TA , cf. Walter atte Sonde 1327SR , ground called Cales 1579DCMDeed , Cales Pound c. 1800DROMap , from sand , banke , atte , pund , and the surname Cale , v. North Havensupra .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement