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.

Bottlesford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Manningford Bohun

Historical Forms

  • Bottewelleford 1348 Cor
  • Botewells Forde 1591 WMvi

Etymology

Bottlesford is Bottewelleford 1348Cor , Botewells Forde 1591 WM vi, i.e. 'Botwell (s ) ford,' from Bottle supra 319, near by.

Places in the same Parish