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.

Button Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Northenden

Historical Forms

  • Button Lane, Button Demath & Button Shutts 1841 TA

Etymology

( 101–810905 ) , Button Lane , Button Demath & Button Shutts 1841TA , from lane , day-math , scēat , with a p.n. or el . Button which also gives name to Button Brook 17supra which rises hereabouts . Button may be an old p.n. in tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement