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.

Sankence

Other OS name in the Parish of Aylsham

Historical Forms

  • Sankence 1573 Ct

Etymology

, Sankence 1573Ct , a “ toft ” name Frenchified from orig . Sankins ( a diminutive of Sampson ) ; in 18th - cent. estate records it was corrupted to Sanctons and Sankeys 1776 ( v. further Joan Turville-Petre,Aylsham Local History Society (2000 ) 6 : 50 – 51 ) .