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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sidebottom Fold

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Sidebottom Fold 1850 TAMap
  • Sidebotham Fold 1831 Bry

Etymology

Sidebottom Fold, Sidebottom Fold 1850TAMap , Sidebotham Fold 1831 Bry, v. fald 'a fold', cf. the local surname Sid (e )bothem , Sid (e )both (u )me 1286, 1287, 1289 Court, Sydebothom 1398 ChRR, Syd (e )bothum , Syd (e )bothame , Syd (e )bothome 1577, 1586Dow , and other forms in Bardsley 690, 'wide valley-bottom', v. sīd , boðm .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site