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.

Sand Wath

Other OS name in the Parish of Cliburn

Historical Forms

  • Sandwath 1379 BdyR 1651 ib

Etymology

, Sandwath 1379BdyR , 1651 ib , ' sandy ford ' , v. sand , vað , near which is an old sand pit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement