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Bottomley and its homophone Bottomly are English surnames. They come from the placename formed by combining geographic terms "bottom" and "ley", and which refers to two small settlements each on opposite sides of a hill near Walsden and Halifax, West Yorkshire. It first appears in written records from 1277. [1] Notable people with these surnames include:

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  1. "Surname: Bottomley". Surname Database. Retrieved 28 January 2019.