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.

Butchers Fd

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • Bouchersfeld ' 1495 Seymer
  • Boochers Mead 1559 Seymer
  • Buchers Mead 1640 Seymer
  • Three Butchers feilds c.1750 Seymer

Etymology

Butchers Fd(Bouchersfeld' 1495, Boochers Mead 1559, Buchers Mead 1640, Three Butchers feilds c. 1750, cf. John Boucher 1495, v. feld, mǣd)