Hickinbottom is a surname. It is a corruption of Oakenbottom, a place in

Bolton-le-Moors Bolton le Moors (also known as Bolton le Moors St Peter) was a large civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in hundred of Salford in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It was administered from St Peter's Church, Bolton in the township of ...

, probably influenced by the dialect word ''hickin'' or ''higgin'', the

mountain ash Mountain ash may refer to: * ''Eucalyptus regnans'', the tallest of all flowering plants, native to Australia * Mountain-ashes or rowans, varieties of trees and shrubs in the genus ''Sorbus'' See also * Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf Mountai ...

.Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. (1997), Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames, , page 231. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ernest Hickinbottom Ernest Hickinbottom (born 1865 - 2 September 1939) was an English footballer who played for Derby County. He died at the Baseball Ground The Baseball Ground (sometimes referred to as the BBG) was a stadium in Derby, England. It was first us ...

(1865–1939), English footballer * Wilfred Hickinbottom (1896–1979), English chemist *

Gary Hickinbottom Sir Gary Robert Hickinbottom (born 22 December 1955), is a retired British judge. In 2008, he became the fourth solicitor to be appointed a High Court judge, after Michael Sachs in 1993, Lawrence Collins in 2000, and Henry Hodge in 2004. Leg ...

(born 1955), British judge * Geoffrey Hickinbottom (born 1932), English cricketer * Rob Hickinbottom (born 1967), Regional Head of Intelligence, British National Crime Agency

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