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.

Butterbeare

Other OS name in the Parish of Black Torrington

Historical Forms

  • Boterbeare 1304 Ass
  • Boterebere 1340 Ass

Etymology

is Boterbeare 1304Ass , Boterebere 1340Ass (p) , v. Buttercombe supra 40 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement