English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Elsingbottom Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Otley

Historical Forms

  • Helfstanebothe 1182–5 YCh199
  • Elfstanebothem 1358 YDix
  • Estanbothe 1190–1208 YCh54
  • Ailstainbothem 1246 Ass4
  • Elstanboþem, Elstanbothem(e) 13 YDix 1276 YI 1296 YDx
  • Elston(e)bothome 1474 YDvi 1544 TestLds 1668 PROt
  • Elkstunbothom 1433 YDix
  • Elkstanbothom 1457 ib
  • Elsinbotome 1696 PROt
  • Helsing Bottom 1817 M

Etymology

'Ælfstān's valley-bottom', v. botm (boðm). The pers.n. is OE  Ælfstān . On the uninflected form cf. EPN i, 158 s.v. -es 2 .