Bolton's Pit Lake
lake or loch · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name refers to a lake that is a pit, possibly a former quarry or excavation, associated with someone named Bolton. 'Bolton' is a place name, and 'pit' denotes an excavation.
Word origins
- Bolton's
- Old Englishbelonging to Bolton(from Bolton "place name", 's "possessive suffix")
- Pit
- Old EnglishAttestedexcavation, hole(from pytt "pit")
- Lake
- Old Englishbody of water(from lacu "lake, pool")
Historical forms
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