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Mappa
Hwilas
A-Z
Asnodhow
EN
KW
Sandways
(EN)
/
Hynstewes
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Calstock
Hundred:
East Wivelshire
Notes:
A toll road named Sandway also known as Sondekey. The road now known as Sand Hill must have hauled from the sand key, to sweeten the acidic soils.
Elements:
hyns
Meaning:
way
tewes
Meaning:
sand
Elements notes:
hyns 'way, path' + tewes 'sand'
Historic forms:
Sondwey alias Sondekey 1461. Sandekey alias Sandewey 1485.