Compton Bottom
valley · Dorset
Old EnglishAI-generated
Compton Bottom is a valley. 'Cumb' is Old English for valley, and 'tun' means settlement. 'Botm' means bottom or valley.
Word origins
- Compton
- Old Englishvalley settlement(from cumb "valley", tun "settlement, farmstead")
- Bottom
- Old Englishvalley, bottom(from botm "bottom, valley")
Historical forms
Cumb · combe