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Survey of English Place-Names

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High Bottom & Low Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Botton 1635 PRClp 1666 YASMd
  • the Bottom 1655 WillS
  • Botten, Bottom 1676 PR

Etymology

, Botton 1635PRClp, 1666YAS Md 293, the Bottom 1655 WillS, Botten , Bottom 1676 PR , v. botn ' a bottom, the inner part of a valley ' ( replaced by botm ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement