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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hollow Bottom Lodge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bulwick

Historical Forms

  • Hollowe Bottome, Hollowe Botome 1538 Brudenell 1584 Map
  • Hallowe Bottom 1570 ADiii 1669 Clayton

Etymology

Hollow Bottom Lodge is Hollowe Bottome , Hollowe Botome 1538Brudenell , 1584Map , Hallowe Bottom 1570 AD iii, 1669Clayton . The last two spellings make it clear that this name should be associated with the neighbouring Hollow Wood in Harringworth infra 168, and hollow taken as a corruption of earlier hallow .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement