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Survey of English Place-Names

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Butt's Knap

Other OS name in the Parish of Shaftesbury

Historical Forms

  • Butts Knapp 1845 TAMap

Etymology

, Butts Knapp 1845TAMap , cf. Butts ' Md 1840TA , the surname Butt with cnæpp ' hill-top, hillock ' .