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.

Butterford

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Huish

Historical Forms

  • Botreforda 1086 DB
  • Buterford 1242 Fees776
  • Boterford 1303 FA

Etymology

v. Buttercombe supra 40.