Sandford Family History
Sandford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in England with names derived from Old English sand ‘sand’ + ford ‘ford river crossing’ such as Sandford in Warcop (Westmorland) Sandford in Sonning and Dry Sandford in Abingdon (both Berkshire) Sandford on Thames and Sandford Saint Martin (both Oxfordshire) Great and Little Sampford (Essex) Sandford Orcas (Dorset) Sandford Sampford Courtney Sampford Peverell and Sampford Spiney (all Devon) Sampford Arundel and Sampford Brett (both Somerset) and Sandford (Shropshire). See also Sandiford .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022