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.

Botley Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shalbourne

Historical Forms

  • Bottele t.Edi,t.Ed3 For
  • bosc. de Bottele 1331 Stowe
  • Botteleye 1349 Ass

Etymology

Botley Hill (6″) is Bottele t. Ed i, t. Ed 3For , bosc. de Bottele 1331Stowe 925, Botteleye 1349Ass . 'Botta 's clearing or wood,' v. leah .