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.

Burtree Bank & Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther

Historical Forms

  • Beutrebanc a.1286 Lowth
  • Buyrtrebanc 1287–90 ib
  • Buttery Bank 1865 OS

Etymology

, 1859OS , Beutrebanc a. 1286Lowth , Buyrtrebanc 1287–90 ib, Buttery Bank 1865 OS , v. bur-tre ' elder-tree ' , banke .