Etymology

Bacup

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Today it means: A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8623). Full definition →

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The story

From Old English fūl (“muddy”) + bæchop (“ridge valley”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.