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Turton and Entwistle Reservoir

lake or loch · Blackburn with Darwen

Old EnglishAI-generated

Turton and Entwistle Reservoir likely combines two settlement names. 'Turton' may derive from Old English 'tūr' (tower) and 'tūn' (farmstead, village). 'Entwistle' is of Old Norse origin, possibly meaning 'Enti's clearing'. 'Reservoir' is a later term.

Word origins

Turton
Old Englishtower farmstead(from tūr "tower", tūn "farmstead, village")
Entwistle
Old NorseEnti's clearing(from Enti "personal name", þveit "clearing, meadow")
Reservoir
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