Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sandhurst within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Sandhurst.-- par. and vil., Berks, in SE. of co.- par. (containing Crowthorne), 4536 ac., pop. 4195; vil., on river Blackwater, near Wellington College sta., 4½ miles SE. of Wokingham and 33 SW. of London; P.O., T.O. (at Sandhurst Village), and P.O. (at Sandhurst Military College). The Royal Military College, originally founded in 1802 at Great Marlow, and removed in 1812 to Sandhurst, is now used for giving one year's special military training to cadets who have passed by competition for the army.