Lumbutts



District of Calderdale south-east of Todmorden. The community grew up around the Fielden family cotton mill there.

The name comes from the Old English and means the pool or lumb abutting a piece of land butt.


Pronunciation: The name is pronounced as it is read, with the stress on the first syllable
 

In some 19th century documents, it is referred to as Lumb Butts




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