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Sandpits Corner

lake or loch · Somerset

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a corner associated with a sandpit. 'Sand' is Old English, and 'pit' likely denotes a place where sand was dug or naturally accumulated.

Word origins

Sandpits
Old Englishplural of sandpit, a place where sand is found or dug(from sand "sand", pytt "pit, well, hole")
Corner
Old Englishcorner(from corn "corner")

Historical forms

sandpytt