Spottle Hill Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Binbrook
Historical Forms
- Spottle Hill B.n 1828 Bry
Etymology
SPOTTLE HILL FM, Spottle Hill B. n1828 Bry, cf. Spotedaleklif 1244 FF (v. clif ), Spodill 1577–80Terrier , Spodall 1612Terrier , Spoddale 1664, 1668, 1679Terrier , Spodall bottom e17MiD , Spottle or Speardale Hill 1838CC , Speardale Hill 1800Tur . With only a single early form it is difficult to suggest an etymology for Spottle . The farm lies on the slope of a valley, so that the second el. is likely to be dalr 'a valley', but Spote - is difficult to interpret. There appears to have been an OE *spot 'a spot', in ME 'a small piece of ground' (v. MED s.v. (1), 4 (a)), while ON spotti 'a piece, a particle' is used in Norwegian of 'a piece of ground'. It is, however, difficult to see the significance of either in a compound with dalr . There is also an OE nickname Spot (v. Tengvik 335–6), which at least formally might be just possible. No certain etymology can be suggested.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ash Holt
- Back Lane
- Binbrook Grange
- Binbrook Hall
- Binbrook Hill Fm
- Binbrook Mill
- Binbrook Top, Top Fm
- Binbrook Villa
- Binbrook Walk Ho
- Bingham's Top
- Black Holt
- Brats Lane
- Burkinshaw's Top
- Butter Cross
- Chestnut Fm
- Dove Cote
- Fives Cross
- the Green
- Horseshoe Plantation
- Isaac Plot Plantation
- Lodge
- Long Plantation
- Low Fm
- Low Lane
- Manor Ho
- Market Place
- Marquess of Granby
- North Halls
- Orford Bridge
- Parsonage Fm
- Plough Inn
- Pocket Bridge
- Pond Ho
- the Poplars
- Rectory Fm
- Swinhope Hill
- Temperance Hall
- West Ho