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.

Sparrow Clump

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Limber

Historical Forms

  • Butters Plant.n 1828 Bry

Etymology

is Butters Plant .n1828 Bry , named from the Butter family , cf. John and Martin Butter 1822Terrier , and is Great Limber Cover 1830 Gre . The modern name is presumably from the Sparrow family , cf. George Sparrow 1851Census .