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Sandford Hill

hill or mountain · North Somerset · 132m

Old EnglishAI-generated

This hill is named from a ford crossing a sandy area. It combines Old English 'sand' (sand) and 'ford' (ford), with 'hyll' meaning hill.

Word origins

Sandford
Old Englishsandy ford(from sand "sand", ford "ford")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")

Historical forms

sandford hyll