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.

Sands Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Frampton Cotterell

Historical Forms

  • great Sands & little Sands 1840 TA

Etymology

, great Sands & little Sands 1840TA , cf. Ryesond , Whetesond 1384 Inq , v. sand ' sandy place ' , originally one used for ryge ' rye ' and hwǣte ' wheat ' .