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Survey of English Place-Names

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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.