English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Butterals

Early-attested site in the Parish of Baslow and Bubnell

Historical Forms

  • Boterhal(e)s, Boteral(e)s 1316 BelCh 1398 DbAxxiii
  • Boterhales in Basselowe c.1320 BelCh
  • Butterhales 1389 DbAxxiii
  • Boturals 1430 BelCh
  • Butterals Close 1501 DbAxxiii

Etymology

Butterals (lost), Boterhal (e )s , Boteral (e )s 1316BelCh et freq to 1398 DbA xxiii all (p), Boterhales in Basselowe c. 1320BelCh , Butterhales 1389 DbA xxiii, Boturals 1430BelCh , Butterals Close 1501 DbA xxiii. 'Water meadows with good pasturage', v. butere , halh ; for the first element cf. also Butterley infra 191, 494.