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Survey of English Place-Names

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Butter Nab

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • (the) Butternabe 1424 Rent 1537 WB13
  • Butternabbe 1601 ib
  • Botirnable (sic) 1462 DodsN
  • Butternabsprynge 1547 WB44

Etymology

, (the ) Butternabe 1424 Rent, 1537WB 13, Butternabbe 1601 ib 47,Botirnable (sic)1462 DodsN, Butternabsprynge 1547WB 44 , ' hillwith good (butter-producing) pasture ' , v. butere , nabbi .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name