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Survey of English Place-Names

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Butterhouse Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Butterhouse Green 1831 Bry

Etymology

Butterhouse Green, Butterhouse Green 1831 Bry, cf. (Near ) Butterhouse , Butterhouse Field 1842TA , probably the same as Botera (y )les 1348, 1354Eyre (p), 'the rich-pasture nooks', v. butere 'butter', halh , cf. Boterhale 211supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name