Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lym(m)e Bothes 1284–5 ChF, Orm2

• Lym(m)bothes 1377 Eyre

• Lym(m) Bothez 1538 Plea

• Lym(m) Boothes 1639 ChRR

• Lymm Booths 1831 Bry 1860 White

• Lim(m)e-Bo(o)th(e)s 1666 Orm2

• Over Lim(m)e-Bo(o)th(e)s 1666 ib

• Higher Lim(m)e-Bo(o)th(e)s 1700 Sheaf

• le Bothes 1347 Plea

• Booths Lane 1831 Bry

• Booth's Hill 1860 White

Etymology

'The booths', v. bōth , probably referring to herdsmen's huts at a pasturage, cf. Somerford Booths 163, Knutsford Booths 76infra .