Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tunnard's Plantation 1824 O

• Tunnards Plantation 1830 Gre

• Bottom Wd 1828 Bry

Etymology

is Tunnard 's Plantation 1824 O, Tunnards Plantation 1830 Gre, presumably from a family calledTunnard , though none has been noted in the parish. It is alsoBottom W d1828 Bry . For Butter cf. a place called butters 1648LindDep 67 , a certain place Called Butters 1753ib , a certain place called Butters 1771ib , Butters gate 1728BPD , Butters Well Drain 1775EnclA , no doubt named from an ancestor of William Butter 1728BT , 1746Inv .