| Yatton proposed housing: aerial photo of the Yatton - Witham line Posted by Mark A at 13:33, 27th September 2026 |     |
The old railway line conspicuous in the middle distance. The land proposed for housing there is named on old maps as 'The Batch', meaning "a brook, stream, or a valley through which a stream flows", so that's ok then**.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/27/high-court-floodplains-development-safety-test-north-somerset-yatton
** Not ok.
| Re: Yatton proposed housing: aerial photo of the Yatton - Witham line Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 15:40, 27th September 2026 | |
I have to disagree with you here, Mark.
In the local Somerset dialect, 'batch' means a hill, hillock or mound of earth. See a Google search, at 'meaning of batch in somerset' .
We have many of them, in and around Nailsea: Bucklands Batch, Cambridge Batch, Stony Batch, etc.
Chris from Nailsea.
| Re: Yatton proposed housing: aerial photo of the Yatton - Witham line Posted by Mark A at 15:53, 27th September 2026 | |
No problemo, perhaps it can have either meaning: that's a very, er, actively drained piece of land, and subtly slightly lower than its surroundings.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=51.38715&lon=-2.82812&layers=178&b=GoogleSat&o=100
| Re: Yatton proposed housing: aerial photo of the Yatton - Witham line Posted by Mark A at 16:09, 27th September 2026 | |
By the way, are the 'Batch' names in Nailsea related to mining activity?
