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.

The Butts

Other OS name in the Parish of Pontefract

Historical Forms

  • butte c.1200 Pont

Etymology

( now a street ) , 1738PontCD 253 , butte c. 1200 Pont , v. butte ' an abutting strip inthe common field ' .