Sandall Majora Yorkshire?

[Elizabeth Herts]

I have a marriage for OH's 3xgt grandparents.

They married in the Parish Church of "Sandall Majora" (that's what it looks like) in the County of York.

Is this the same as "Sandall Magna"? I can't find it on the IGI list of parishes or in the WIKI's POWs.

[Uncle John]

There's a place called Kirk Sandal, I think. And Magna and Parva are quite common suffixes where I used to live in South Yorkshire.

[Elizabeth Herts]

I've looked at the certificate again (1845) and it is in the district of Wakefield.

[Elizabeth Herts]

Aha!

I used FreeBMD for a search of Wakefield, then clicked on the information about the district:

It includes:
Sandal Magna
WRY from 1837 to 1925
after 1925 see Wakefield

[Little Nell]

Magna and majora are both Latin terms meaning Great or Larger.

[Peter Evans]

If "majora" is the correct reading it is fairly illiterate Latin: it is neuter plural rather than the usual feminine singular (such as Magna). That may explain why it isn't found in the usual gazetteers.

Peter