Sandy Syke (2)

Place-name:	Sandy Syke (Water of Deugh)
Suggested Meaning:	‘sandy-peat sluggish stream’
1st element:	Scots sandy ‘sandy peat’
2nd element:	Scots sike, syke ‘sluggish stream’
Blaeu Coila (1654):	No Entry
OS Name Books (1855-57):	Sandy Sike
Location:	Sandy Syke

Sandy

This may be a reference to sandy peat ‘a peat containing a good deal of earthy matter [1]’. This Sandy Syke flows into the Water of Deugh. (N.B. athough the map shows Sandy Syke the Ordnance Survey Name Book is under Sandy Sike, albeit with Sandy Syke as an alternative spelling .

There is another Sandy Syke in the parish, which flows into the Afton Water. There is also a Sunny Sike , where sunny may be a variant of sandy.

Sike, Syke

The name appears as Sandy Syke on the Ordnance Survey Map while the Ordnance Survey Name Book entry gives Sandy Sike with Sandy Syke as an alternative spelling.

A Sike or Syke is described as –

A small stream, rill or water-course, especially one that meanders through a hollow or across flat or boggy ground and is freqently dry in summer
Dictionary of the Scots Language [2]