Timsbury Bottom
valley · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines the Old English 'tūn' (farmstead, village) with 'byrig' (a fortified place or town) and 'botm' (valley bottom). It suggests the bottom of a valley near a village or fortified place.
Word origins
- Timsbury
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead near a fortified place(from tūn "farmstead, village", burh "fortified place, town")
- Bottom
- Old Englishvalley bottom