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Butch Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Etymology

, cf. (the ) Butch Ing 1812Lord , 1845TA , probably from butts ' abutting strips ' ( v. butte ) , eng ; on the development of -ts to -ch cf. Phonol. § 52 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name