Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• le Herlesbothe c.1270 LRMB200 1611

• le Erlesbothe (holyn) 1384 Rental

• le Bothegrene 1349 MinAcct

Etymology

Booth Green (Fm) (101–925810), le Herlesbothe c.1270 (1611) LRMB 200, le Erlesbothe (holyn )1384Rental , le Bothegrene 1349MinAcct , 'the earl's booth', 'the green at the booth', v. eorl , bōth , grēne 2 . This place may be the lost Bothegrene referred to under Macclesfield 118supra , cf. also 215infra ; the holyn (v. holegn 'a holly tree') is probably associated with Hollingsworth Smithy infra .Adlington was a manor of the Earl of Chester.