Butterley Heys
Early-attested site in the Parish of Audlem and Wrenbury
Historical Forms
- (boscus qui vocatur) Buterlehey c.1130 Cott.Faust.Bviii 1479
- Butreleyheye 1342 ChRR
- Butterleyhay(e) 1553,1567 Chol
- Butterly heare 1133 Sheaf328 18
- Butterly hease 18 ib
- Butterley Hease 1537 Sheaf 1581
- Butterley Heys 1831 Bry
- Buterleishay 1362 BPR
- Boturlehay 1377 Orm2 1383 ChRR
- Bot(h)erleyhay 1400 ChRR
- Boterley 1406 1417 Chol
Etymology
'(Fenced-in place(s) at) the butter clearing' (probably a rich pasturage), v. butere , lēah , with (ge)hæg.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Dodcott Fm
- Wilkesley
- Comber Mere, Combermere Abbey & Combermere Park
- Barn Wood Field
- Brankelow
- Brankelow Moss
- Brooks Mill, Oldmill Bridge
- Burleydam, Burleydam Bridge & Burleydam Fm, St Michael's Church
- Cheshire Fields
- Big Ditchley & Little Ditchley
- Lightwood Green
- Lodmore Lane
- Royal's Green
- Smeaton Hall, Smeatonwood Fm, The Grange
Other OS name
- Adamley Pool
- Barnettbrook Bridge
- Big Wood
- Blackhurst Fm
- Chapel Covert
- Cocked Hat Plantation
- Combermere Wood
- Dodcott Brook
- Duckow Bridge
- Ferny Heys
- Goldsmith's House
- The Grange
- Hewitt's Moss
- Heyfields Fm
- Heywood Fm & Heywood Lane
- Kent's Rough
- Long Walk Covert
- Manor Fm
- Newhall Lane
- Newton Fm
- Northwoods Fm
- Oldmill Bridge
- Parkview Fm
- Pinsley Green
- Poole's Riding Wood
- The Rookery, Rookery Fm
- Shropshire Lane
- The Stairs
- Stonelodge Wood
- The Stews
- Walkmill Bridge, Walkmill Brook, Walkmill Covert & Walkmill Fm
- Wilkesley Covert
- Wilkesley Lodge
- Withymoor Fm
- Workhouse Cottages
- Yewtree Fm