Box Bottom
valley · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a valley situated at the bottom of a slope or hill, possibly near a box tree or a place named after a person called 'Box'.
Word origins
- box
- Old EnglishAttestedbox tree or personal name(from box "box tree", Boxa "personal name")
- botm
- Old EnglishAttestedbottom of a valley(from botm "bottom")