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.

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.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement