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Survey of English Place-Names

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Butts Sike

Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther

Historical Forms

  • Buttes c.1280 Lowth
  • Butts 1837 TA

Etymology

, Buttes c. 1280Lowth ,Butts 1837TA , v. butte ' abutting strip in the common field ' , sīc ' stream ' .