Thanks for that - I must get hold of that source. Place-names are a minefield and some "tot" places are not "toots" at all. They reflect Saxon personal names such as Tota as at Tottenham, Totteridge, Tottenhill, Tottington etc . Tothill in Lincs is a toot hill and so is Totham in Essex, but Totley in Derbs is really "the leah of Tota's people". That brings us round to Alfred Watkins again because "leah" is the origin of ley and meant a piece of ground temporarily laid to grass as pasture. Alf used the word because he found it so often in place-names whence sprang all the nonsense about ley lines and energy grids! Interesting how a whole modern mythology can quickly construct itself around a misunderstanding - but it sells a lot of books by authors who are not bothered by facts. Perhaps they " just know the truth" too.