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Cheese Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • le Chesebothum 1420 Edmunds
  • Cheesebotham 1828 Hntii,270

Etymology

, le Chesebothum 1420 Edmunds, Cheesebotham 1828 Hnt ii, 270 , v. cēse ' cheese ' , botm(boðm) , probably meaning ' valley bottom whichproduced cheese ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site