English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Broadbottom, Broadbottom Bridge & Broadbottom Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • (le) Brodebothem 1286 Eyre
  • Brodebotham 1330 Earw
  • le Brodbothum 1360 Rental
  • le Brodbotham 1394 Earw
  • Brodebothome 1614 ib
  • Broadbottom Bridge 1831 Bry
  • Besthill Bridge 1880 Earw

Etymology

Broadbottom, Broadbottom Bridge & Broadbottom Hall (101–9993), (le ) Brodebothem 1286Eyre , Brodebotham 1330 Earw (p), le Brodbothum 1360Rental , le Brodbotham 1394 Earw, Brodebothome 1614 ib, Broadbottom Bridge 1831 Bry, Besthill Bridge 1880 Earw, 'the broad valley-bottom', v. brād , boðm . Cf. Besthill Mill in Charlesworth Db, near Broadbottom Bridge. The origin of Besthill is not known.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site