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
- Unknownreservoir