SANDON, (Hertfordshire) 1 m. N. from Rushden, on a sandy hill, anciently bel. to the Saxon Ks. of whom K. Athelstan gave great part of it to the canons of St. Paul's London; soon after which, the whole manor was appropriated to the deans of that Ch. who, for 300 years, granted leases of it to the Hides, and in 1661, they granted a new lease of it to Sir John Nicholas; but at present, the lease is to Franklin Miller, Esq; who purchased it of Dr. John Nicholas.