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.

Barn Bottom Coppice, Barn Bottom Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Up Cerne

Historical Forms

  • Barn Bottom Wd, Barn Pce 1839 TA

Etymology

, Barn Bottom Wd , Barn Pce 1839TA , named from Whistle Barn infra , cf. loco vocat le bottome 1661Batten , v. botm ' valley bottom ' .