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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.

Bourne Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Figheldean

Etymology

. Cf. Borne meadow 1591 WM vi . The ' bottom ' or valley down which runs Nine Mile River supra 9 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement