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CUTTESLOWE?, OXFORD
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The 'cuttes' part could be a variant of 'cot's' as in that other place-name 'Cotswold'. That is from a Celtic root-word meaning 'wood'...ie a collection of trees. It might also refer to the Old English word for a cottage or dwelling. 'Lowe' or 'low' may have come from the Old English, meaning a mound or hill.
The whole name could, therefore, just mean 'wooded hill' or 'dwelling on a hill'. Is there a wooded hill nearby?
If you live locally, why not ask one of the librarians in Oxford, because my attempt above could be quite wrong?
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