Hickinbottom
Hickinbottom is a surname. It is a corruption of Oakenbottom, a place in Bolton-le-Moors, probably influenced by the dialect word hickin or higgin, the mountain ash.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ernest Hickinbottom (1865–1939), English footballer
- Wilfred Hickinbottom (1896–1979), English chemist
- Gary Hickinbottom (born 1955), British judge
- Geoffrey Hickinbottom (born 1932), English cricketer
- Rob Hickinbottom (born 1967), Regional Head of Intelligence, British National Crime Agency
See also
References
- Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. (1997), Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames, ISBN 0-19-860092-5, page 231.
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