Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Butelege 1086 DB

• Butele 1345 Eyre

• Buteleye 1363 ChFor

• Botelege 1086 DB

• Boteleg' 1286 Eyre

• Boteley 1536 ChRR

• Butteleg(h) 1268 Chest 14 Adl 1269 ChRR 1513

• Butteleye 1288 Court

• Buttele 1290 ib

• Butteley 1377 Orm2

• Buttilegh 1341 Eyre

• Buttylegh 1345 Plea

• Botteleg' 1286 Eyre

• Bottelegh 1320 Plea

• Butleghe 1288 Court

• Butlegh 1364 Eyre

• Butlay 1411 Chol

• Butleyea 1431 Adl

• Butley 1561 et freq

• Butley cum Newton 1819 Orm1

• Butleigh 1560 Cross

• Butleye 1569 ChRR

• Buttley 1409 Chol

• Buttlegh 1490 Adl

Etymology

'Butta's clearing', from an OE  pers.n. Butta and lēah, (cf. DEPN, s.v.). The Bo - spellings are most probably due to AN orthography.The two DB entries are taken by Tait, 213n., to be moieties of the one manor. Earw ii 254 suggests that one or the other represents Newton 205infra ,