Hickinbottom Explained

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

• Higginbottom

Notes and References

1. Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. (1997), Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames,, page 231.