Leydene Bottom
valley · Hampshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Leydene Bottom is likely named from the Old English 'lēah' (clearing or wood) and 'denu' (valley). The addition of 'Bottom' is a later, descriptive term for a valley.
Word origins
- Ley
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing or wood(from lēah "clearing, meadow, wood")
- dene
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from denu "valley")
- Bottom
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from botm "bottom, base")