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:

• David Hickinbottom (), British figure skater
• Ernest Hickinbottom (1865–1939), English footballer
• Gary Hickinbottom (born 1955), British judge
• Geoffrey Hickinbottom (born 1932), English cricketer
• Wilfred Hickinbottom (1896–1979), English chemist

See also

• Higginbottom

References

1. ^ Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. (1997), Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames, ISBN 0-19-860092-5, page 231.