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.

Burtersett

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Beutresate 1280 YI 1283 Rich
  • Birtresatte 1285 YI
  • Butterside 1577 Saxton
  • Burtersett 1608 NR

Etymology

'Shieling near the alder tree' v . sætr and Burtree 163 supra .