Woburn Sands

Meaning

Proper Noun

town/and/civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes (borough) Buckinghamshire (county) England (constituent country) .

Origin

Formerly named Hogsty End, renamed in the 19th century after Woburn nearby in neighbouring Bedfordshire. "Sands" refers to the sandy local soil.

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