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.

Butterford

Other OS name in the Parish of Inwardleigh

Historical Forms

  • Boterford 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Boterford 1330SR (p) , v. Buttercombesupra 40 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement