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.

Sandside

Other OS name in the Parish of Beetham

Historical Forms

  • this Side Sands 1610 Bthm
  • Bethom side of the Sands 1770 ib
  • the Sandside 1777 NB
  • Kent sands 1609,1639 FF

Etymology

, this Side Sands 1610 Bthm, Bethom side of the Sands 1770 ib, the Sandside 1777 NB 220, alluding to the sandbanks in the Kent estuary (calledKent sands 1609, 1639FF ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site