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.

Butty Close

Field in the Parish of Compton Beauchamp

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • But c.1150–60 Frid

Etymology

Butty Close(But c. 1150–60, v. butte)