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Butchershole Bottom

valley · East Sussex

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a valley associated with a butcher. It may have been a place where butchers worked or a valley named after a butcher.

Word origins

Butchershole
Old Englishbutcher's hole or hollow(from būtere "butcher", hol "hole, hollow")
Bottom
Old Englishvalley, low-lying ground(from botm "bottom, base, valley")