page_title: Sandridge
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sandridge / History
caption_attribution_description: English: St Leonard's parish church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, seen from the north
context_page_description: Sandridge is a village and civil parish between St Albans and Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire, England.
context_section_description: The original name was "Saundruage" meaning a place of sandy soil serviced by bond tenants.
  The earliest recorded mention of Sandridge is in the year 796 the parish being part of the revenue of the Mercian Kings. It was given by Egfrith son of Offa in the first year of his reign to abbot Eadric second abbot of St Alban's Monastery and to the monks of St Albans.
  Part of the parish of Sandridge was added to the Municipal Borough of St Albans in 1887. The remainder of the parish was renamed Sandridge Rural in 1894 when Sandridge Rural Parish Council was formed. In 1913 a further 241 acres were transferred to St Albans. The parish name reverted to Sandridge in 1957.
caption: St Leonard's parish church
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