Butterwick
Major Settlement in the Parish of Foxholes
Historical Forms
- Butruid 1086 DB
- Butreuic, Butrewic 12th,early13th Whitby
- Butrawic 1156–7 YCh354 t.Ric1 Ch 1308
- Buterewich 1195 P
- Butterwic, Butterwyc, Butterwyk(e) 1120–35 YCh1072–5 1370 Pat
- Butterwic in Crendale 1344 FF
- Butheruuic c.1160 Whitby
- Buterwic(h), Buterwyk(e), Buterwycke 1161–84 StoweCh 1184–90 MaryR 1246 Ass 1573 FF
- Buterwic(h) in Crandale 1268 FF
- Buterwic(h) in Grendalelythe 1403 YI
- Boterwyk 1189 Selby
- Boturwyk 1285 KI
- Bottrewik' 1297 LS
Etymology
'Butter farm' or 'dairy-farm with rich pasturage,' v. butere , wic and cf. Butterwick (PN NRY 47). On the additional name Crendale cf. Grindalythe supra 12.