Mapping Mountains – Significant Name Changes – The Fours - The 400m Hills of England

Booth Top (SK 054 680)

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in The Fours - The 400m Hills of England, with the summit height, col height, and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Booth Top (SK 054 680)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

The Fours- The 400m Hills of England – English hills at or above 400m and below 500m in height that have 30m minimum drop, accompanying the main list of The Fours are three categories of sub hills, with this hill being classified in the 400m Sub-Fours.  The criteria for 400m Sub-Four status are all English hills at or above 400m and below 500m in height that have 20m or more and below 30m of drop. 

This list is co-authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams, with the 1^st edition of the list having been published by Europeaklist in December 2013 and by Haroldstreet in January 2014, with the 2^nd edition of the list published by Mapping Mountains Publications and by Haroldstreet on the 24^th April 2018.

The hill is situated in the Peak District and is placed in Region 36, The Southern Pennines, with its Cardinal Hill being Axe Edge (SK 035 706).  The hill is positioned with the A53 road to its west and the B5053 road to its east and has the town of Buxton to the north.

When this list was originally compiled this hill appeared under the name of Brand End and this was also the name it appeared as when the list was uploaded to the RHB Yahoo group file database.  Subsequently the hill was listed under the point (Pt. 407m) notation in the 1^st edition of The Fours when the list was published by Europeaklist in December 2013.  

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Hill list authors are prone to list a hill by the name that appears nearest to its summit on contemporary Ordnance Survey maps, with little consideration for its local usage and historic confirmation, or whether map placement is appropriate, and in the case of this hill it was local enquiries conducted by Myrddyn Phillips with Percy Mycock, who lives next to Booth Farm who gave the name of Booth Top for this hill.

Percy Mycock

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in The Fours - The 400m Hills of England is Booth Top and this was derived from local enquiry. 

The full details for the hill are:

Cardinal Hill:  Axe Edge

Name:  Booth Top

Previously Listed Name:  Brand End and latterly Pt. 407m

 

OS 1:50,000 map:  119

Summit Height:  407.6m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference:  SK 05481 68091 (LIDAR)

Col Height:  379.1m (LIDAR)

Col Grid Reference:  SK 05720 68021 (LIDAR)

     

Drop:  28.6m (LIDAR)

For details on the survey of Booth Top

Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams (September 2019)