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John
Sanday,
OBE
 "Sanday
is quite a rare name in England,” says Architect
John Sanday, OBE. “I believe it is derived from
Sanday Island in Scotland.” A fitting name, one must
say, for a man of rare abilities. And yes, he is
right. ‘Sanday’ doesn’t even figure in the listing
of surnames of inhabitants of Orkney Islands, of
which Sanday is said to be the “‘jewel in the crown’
of Orkney’s 5,000 years of human habitation.
However, John lives in Cornwall on the south western
peninsula of the British Isles which has an equally
rich history. Although evidence of early stone age
habitation is virtually non- existent here, a new
race is supposed to have come to Britain from Europe
around 8000 BC, some of whom found their way to
Cornwall. Later, new migrants from the Mediterranean
began to arrive around 4500 BC and these sea faring
wanderers stayed back. Around 800 BC, people
referred to as Celts by the Romans arrived from
across the channel. These Celts are usually
considered to be the real ancestors of today’s
Cornish, Welsh and Breton people.
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